偷鸡摸狗，自己出丑偷雞摸狗，自己出醜偷雞摸狗，自己出醜

stealing chickens and filching dogs, you disgrace yourself

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Those who do shady things on the sly end up humiliated. A warning.

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Simplified: 偷鸡摸狗，自己出丑
Traditional (Taiwan): 偷雞摸狗，自己出醜
Pinyin: tōujīmōgǒu, zìjǐ chūchǒu
Bopomofo: ㄊㄡㄐㄧㄇㄛㄍㄡˇ，ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄔㄡˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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