Stealing jade
Stealing jade and stealing hook, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced D à oy à Qi è g à u, which means to refer to all kinds of theft. It comes from the revolution of 1911, Wuchang Uprising and Qing officials' regulations.
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; of theft
The origin of Idioms
"Sheng Xuanhuai is no more than a minister of the Ministry of Posts and communications. If he is in the position of general assistant minister, he will steal jade and hook. What can he do?"
Stealing jade
The pen labors on the ideas of the mind. - xīn zhī bǐ gēng
to work hard and live plainly and frugally - gōng kǔ shí dàn