为非作歹 (為非作歹)
wéi fēi zuò dǎi
Pinyin

Definition

为非作歹 (為非作歹)
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wéi fēi zuò dǎi
  1. to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
  2. evildoer
  3. to perpetrate outrages

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 篇 piān
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 to operate
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model