窃钩者诛，窃国者侯竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯

qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu

Meaning

steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子 Zhuāng zǐ)

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窃qièto steal; thief; secret, stealthy穴切钩gōuhook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link钅勾者zhěthat which; they who; those who耂日诛zhūto execute, to kill; to punish讠朱国guócountry, nation, state; national囗玉侯hóumarquis, lord; target in archery亻矦