渠魁

qúkuí

noun

Meanings

1 ringleader (literary)
2 rebel chieftain
3 bandit chief

Characters

(literary) he; their

Examples

官军终于擒获了这群盗贼的渠魁。

Guānjūn zhōngyú qínhuò le zhè qún dàozéi de qúkuí.

The government troops finally captured the ringleader of the bandits.

斩其渠魁，余党自溃。

Zhǎn qí qúkuí, yúdǎng zì kuì.

Behead the ringleader and the rest will scatter on their own.

Tips

history

Classical/literary register, common in dynastic histories and the Confucian classics. 渠 (qú) is an archaic third-person pronoun ('he/their'); 魁 means 'chief.' The pair literally reads 'their chief.'

Stroke Order

渠 qú

魁 kuí