窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū

steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])

窃

qiè

to steal

国

guó

country; nation; state

者

zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

侯

hóu

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

，

窃

qiè

to steal

钩

gōu

variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]

者

zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

诛

zhū

to put (a criminal) to death