不怕贼偷就怕贼惦记 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 不怕賊偷就怕賊惦記 bùpàzéitōujiùpàzéidiànjì ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄊㄡ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom) Character by character 不(bù)no 怕(pà)be afraid 贼(zéi)thief 偷(tōu)thief 就(jiù)as much as 怕(pà)be afraid 贼(zéi)thief 惦(diàn)think of 记(jì)record Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0