胡作非为 — Chinese idiom

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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