認賊作父 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) fig. a complete betrayal to sell oneself to the enemy Character by character 認(rèn)recognize 賊(zéi)thief 作(zuò)do 父(fù)father A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0