to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages
trad. 為非作歹
Also written 為非作歹【wéi fēi zuò dǎi】
Characters in this word
4为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
非
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abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- Pinyin
- Fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2078 of 2500
作
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(bound form) worker, (bound form) workshop, (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- Pinyin
- zuō
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1866 of 2500
歹
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bad, wicked, evil, Kangxi radical 78
- Pinyin
- dǎi
- Strokes
- 4