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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 [ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄡ ㄓㄜˇ ㄓㄨ , ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄏㄡˊ; qie4 gou1 zhe3 zhu1 , qie4 guo2 zhe3 hou2]
 steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子)
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