见了强盗喊爸爸，认贼作父見了強盜喊爸爸，認賊作父見了強盜喊爸爸，認賊作父

seeing a bandit, call him dad: take a thief as one's father

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Said of someone who can't tell good from bad or friend from enemy, and serves the wrong side. Strongly critical.

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Simplified: 见了强盗喊爸爸，认贼作父
Traditional (Taiwan): 見了強盜喊爸爸，認賊作父
Pinyin: jiànle qiángdào hǎn bàba, rènzéizuòfù
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄢˇ ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄅㄚ，ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ

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

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