罪魁祸首 (zuì kuí huò shǒu) — (idiom) chief culprit, main offender; (figurative) the primary cause of a disaster or problem
Definition
An idiom meaning 'chief culprit' — the person or thing most responsible for a crime, disaster, or problem. Stronger and more literary than just calling someone the 'main cause' (主要原因).
idiom
chief culpritmain offender
phrase
(figurative) the primary cause of a disaster or problem
Examples
- 罪魁祸首。Qì hòu biàn huà shì xǔ duō zì rán zāi hài de zuì kuí huò shǒu.Climate change is the main culprit of many natural disasters.
- 罪魁祸首。Jǐng fāng zhōng yú zhuā huò le zhè ge fàn zuì tuán huǒ de zuì kuí huò shǒu.The police finally captured the ringleader of this criminal gang.
- 罪魁祸首。Zhè cì shī bài de zuì kuí huò shǒu shì tā de cū xīn dà yi.The main cause of this failure was his carelessness.
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