盗跖

盜跖
Dào Zhí
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Robber Zhi, legendary bandit chief and byword for wickedness
  2. 2 Robber Zhi, chapter 29 of the Zhuangzi

Examples

HSK 6
Gǔrén cháng bǎ Dào Zhí dàngzuò huàirén de dàibiǎo.
People in ancient times took Robber Zhi as the very model of a bad man.
HSK 7-9
《 Zhuāngzǐ · Dào Zhí 》 lǐ, Dào Zhí bǎ lái quàn tā de Kǒngzǐ mà le yí dùn.
In the Robber Zhi chapter of the Zhuangzi, Robber Zhi gives Confucius, who has come to reform him, a thorough telling-off.

Tips

culture
The chapter makes him the brother of 柳下惠, the model of upright conduct, so the pair stand for the best and the worst of men. 跖 is hardly ever met outside his name.

Stroke Order

盗 dào
跖 zhí