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There are 25 total results for your Crook search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

彎曲


弯曲

see styles
wān qū
    wan1 qu1
wan ch`ü
    wan chü
 wankyoku
    わんきょく
to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
(n,vs,adj-no) curve; bend; crook

奸物

see styles
 kanbutsu
    かんぶつ
cunning man; crook

姦物

see styles
 kanbutsu
    かんぶつ
cunning man; crook

弯曲

see styles
 wankyoku
    わんきょく
(n,vs,adj-no) curve; bend; crook

悪漢

see styles
 akkan
    あっかん
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook

湾曲

see styles
 wankyoku
    わんきょく
(n,vs,adj-no) curve; bend; crook

臂彎


臂弯

see styles
bì wān
    bi4 wan1
pi wan
crook of the arm

わん曲

see styles
 wankyoku
    わんきょく
(n,vs,adj-no) curve; bend; crook

不徳漢

see styles
 futokukan
    ふとくかん
crook; swindler

小悪党

see styles
 koakutou / koakuto
    こあくとう
minor villain; small-time crook; henchman

曲げる

see styles
 mageru
    まげる
(transitive verb) (1) to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl; (2) to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant; (3) to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert; (4) to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks); (5) to pawn

ぺてん師

see styles
 petenshi
    ぺてんし
swindler; imposter; crook

不擇手段


不择手段

see styles
bù zé shǒu duàn
    bu4 ze2 shou3 duan4
pu tse shou tuan
by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously

どうかして

see styles
 doukashite / dokashite
    どうかして
(expression) (1) by some chance; somehow; in some way; (expression) (2) somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible; by hook or by crook

何としても

see styles
 nantoshitemo
    なんとしても
(expression) no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

Variations:
姦物
奸物

 kanbutsu
    かんぶつ
cunning man; crook

何としてでも

see styles
 nantoshitedemo
    なんとしてでも
(expression) (See 何としても) no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

ジョージクルック

see styles
 joojikurukku
    ジョージクルック
(person) George Crook

手を変え品を変え

see styles
 teokaeshinaokae
    てをかえしなをかえ
(exp,adv) (idiom) by hook or by crook; by all possible means

手を替え品を替え

see styles
 teokaeshinaokae
    てをかえしなをかえ
(exp,adv) (idiom) by hook or by crook; by all possible means

Variations:
ペテン師
ぺてん師

 petenshi(peten師); petenshi(peten師)
    ペテンし(ペテン師); ぺてんし(ぺてん師)
swindler; imposter; crook

Variations:
曲げる
枉げる

 mageru
    まげる
(transitive verb) (1) (曲げる only) to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl; (transitive verb) (2) (曲げる only) to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant; (transitive verb) (3) to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert; (transitive verb) (4) to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks); (transitive verb) (5) to pawn

Variations:
曲げる
枉げる(rK)

 mageru
    まげる
(transitive verb) (1) (曲げる only) to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl; (transitive verb) (2) (曲げる only) to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant; (transitive verb) (3) to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert; (transitive verb) (4) to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks); (transitive verb) (5) to pawn

Variations:
湾曲
彎曲
弯曲
わん曲

 wankyoku
    わんきょく
(n,vs,vi) curve; bend; crook

Variations:
手を変え品を変え
手を替え品を替え

 teokaeshinaokae
    てをかえしなをかえ
(exp,adv) (idiom) by hook or by crook; by all possible means

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 25 results for "Crook" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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