粵

罪zeoi6魁fui1禍wo6首sau2

simp罪魁祸首
zeoi6 fui1 wo6 sau2zuì kuí huò shǒu

English

  1. (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
  2. chief culprit or criminal ----
  3. figuratively, the chief cause

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 領導或策劃犯罪嘅首要人物(量詞:個)
  2. 引申指事件嘅主因

Examples

  • 佢鼻敏感咗三十年,最近先至發覺原來罪魁禍首係花粉。

    He has nasal allergy for 30 years, but he has just recently discovered that the chief cause is pollen.

  • 我們都不認為他是事故的罪魁禍首。

    None of us thought he was to blame for the accident.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 听起来好像他是这场灾难的罪魁祸首。

    It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.

    Tatoeba · kooler CC BY

  • 這前所未聞, 犯罪嫌疑人的律師竟然是真正的罪魁禍首。

    It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 该报文章中将被告人描述成一个罪魁祸首,尽管他已经被证明是无辜的了。

    The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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