窃国者侯,窃钩者诛 qie4 guo2 zhe3 hou2 , qie4 gou1 zhe3 zhu1

steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])

Traditional: 竊國者侯,竊鉤者誅

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English Phonetic: sti:l
Detailed Definition: n. a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)\nv. take without the owner's consent\nv. move stealthily\nv. steal a base