The cunning thief escaped from the backdoor after telling the cop that he needed to use the toilet.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
他为人狡猾,我看你还是不要去赴那鸿门宴吧!
他為人狡猾,我看你還是不要去赴那鴻門宴吧!
tā wéi rén jiǎo huá , wǒ kàn nǐ hái shì bù yào qù fù nà hóng mén yàn ba !
He is treacherous, so I think you had better not accept his invitation.
He is treacherous, so I think you had better not accept his invitation!
Mandarin
一切狡猾的人,不照科学态度办事的人,自以为得计,自以为很聪明,其实都是最蠢的,都是没有好结果的。
一切狡猾的人,不照科學態度辦事的人,自以為得計,自以為很聰明,其實都是最蠢的,都是沒有好結果的。
yī qiè jiǎo huá de rén , bù zhào kē xué tài dù bàn shì de rén , zì yǐ wéi dé jì , zì yǐ wéi hěn cōng míng , qí shí dōu shì zuì chǔn de , dōu shì méi yǒu hǎo jié guǒ de .
All sly people, all those who do not have a scientific attitude in their work, fancy themselves resourceful and clever, but in fact they are most stupid and will come to no good.
Abusing his authority, he undermined the work system related to the construction of the capital city established by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, reducing the construction and building-materials bases to such bad shape little short of debris in a few years. He weakened the ranks of technicians and skilled workers at the units for the construction of the capital city in a crafty manner and transferred major construction units to his confidants so that they might make money. In this way he deliberately disturbed the construction in Pyongyang.