Catch the thief and see the stolen goods

Catch the thief and see the stolen goods

Catch a thief and see the stolen goods, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ō Z é Iji à NZ ā ng, which means to catch a thief must see the stolen goods, refers to must have real evidence. It's from Yanqing Boyu.

Notes on Idioms

Dirty: stolen or embezzled property.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Li Wenwei's Yan Qing Bo Yu, the third part: "as the saying goes," if you catch a thief, you will see the dirty, if you catch a traitor, you will see the double. " Yan Da, since you want to take the traitor, now you can give it back to my traitor. "

Idiom usage

It means to act on the basis of facts. Example: from the ancient saying: "if you catch a traitor, you will see a pair; if you catch a thief, you will see a booty; if you kill someone, you will see a wound." The 26th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty