The rat swindles the dog and the thief
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh à Cu à ng à UD à o, which means to steal like a rat dog. It comes from the book of Sui, the second chapter of Gaozu.
The origin of Idioms
In the book of Sui, the second chapter of Gaozu, it is said that "Liyang, Guangling, peeping and coveting one after another, or planning for cities, or moving and stripping officials and people, day and night, rats and dogs."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
The rat swindles the dog and the thief
your goodness has made me a new man - ēn tóng zài zào
Dare to complain but dare not speak - gǎn yuàn ér bù gǎn yán
concentrate on trifles and neglect essentials - shě běn qiú mò