fěi

bandit

(literary) not

box (匚) + sound fěi (非) = someone hiding inside = bandit

匚 is a box or container, evoking something concealed or enclosed — fitting for hidden criminals. 非 mainly supplies the sound fěi; the 'wrongness' sense it carries is a bonus, not the main story.

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A receptacleSemantic
WrongPhonetic

那个徒被警察抓住了。

nà ge fěi tú bèi jǐng chá zhuā zhù le。

That bandit was caught by the police.

山里的土抢走了村民的粮食。

shān lǐ de tǔ fěi qiǎng zǒu le cūn mín de liáng shi。

The bandits in the mountains stole the villagers' grain.

Words with 匪

顽匪

wán fěi

gangster

胡匪

hú fěi

bandit (old)

交情匪浅

jiāo qíng fěi qiǎn

to be very close

共匪

gòng fěi

communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))

剿匪

jiǎo fěi

to send armed forces to suppress

劫匪

jié fěi

bandit

匪夷所思

fěi yí suǒ sī

unimaginable

匪巢

fěi cháo

bandit stronghold

匪帮

fěi bāng

gang of bandits

匪徒

fěi tú

gangster

匪徒集团

fěi tú jí tuán

gangster

匪盗

fěi dào

bandit

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