罪魁祸首 zuìkuíhuòshǒu
Main cause of a disaster (main culprit)
What 罪魁祸首 means
- Main cause of a disaster (main culprit)
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What does 罪魁祸首 mean in English?
罪魁祸首 is pronounced zuìkuíhuòshǒu and means Main cause of a disaster (main culprit).
How do you pronounce 罪魁祸首?
罪魁祸首 is zuìkuíhuòshǒu in pinyin — written zuikuihuoshou without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 罪魁祸首?
罪魁祸首 is written with 4 characters: 罪 (zuì) Sin (crime - guilt - fault - blame), 魁 (kuí) First (head), 祸 (huò) Disaster (misfortune - calamity), 首 (shǒu) Head (leader - chief - first - measure word for poems-songs-music). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
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