胡作非为 — Chinese idiom
胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi
Traditional: 胡作非為
Meaning
- to run amok ; to commit outrages
Character by character
- 胡húrecklessly, foolishly; wildly
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
Idioms sharing a character
- 胡天胡帝 hú tiān hú dì
- 胡思乱想 hú sī luàn xiǎng
- 胡搅蛮缠 hú jiǎo mán chán
- 胡编乱造 hú biān luàn zào
- 胡言乱语 hú yán luàn yǔ
- 胡诌八扯 hú zhōu bā chě
- 随口胡诌 suí kǒu hú zhōu
- 并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú
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