窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu

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

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

，

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]