罪魁祸首

罪魁禍首

zuìkuí-huòshǒu

idiom HSK 7-9 #13,316

Meanings

HSK 3

他是这次事故的罪魁祸首。

Tā shì zhècì shìgù de zuìkuí-huòshǒu.

He is the chief culprit behind this accident.

HSK 5

过度消费是环境问题的罪魁祸首。

Guòdù xiāofèi shì huánjìng wèntí de zuìkuí-huòshǒu.

Excessive consumption is the main culprit of environmental problems.

memory

罪魁 (crime chief) + 祸首 (disaster leader) = the ringleader of both crime and disaster, i.e. the one most responsible.

罪 zuì

魁 kuí

祸 huò

首 shǒu