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méiyǒu dàzhòng de xūqiú ，nà xiē dōngxi yě bùhuì pǎo chūlai le 。zàishuō ，sèqíng de jièdìng yě shì gēn zhe shídài biàn de 。èr sānshí nián qián ，qiān ge shǒu 、yōngbào yīxià jiùshì shuǎliúmáng 。

If the people didn't demand it, that kind of stuff wouldn't come out. Plus, what counts as sleazy is determined by the times. Twenty or thirty years ago, holding hands or hugging was considered risque behavior.

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我想那时候更疯狂。各色人物都来上海滩谋生。洋人在租界大兴土木，马路上黄包车、电车四处冲，黑帮流氓到处厮杀。你想想那场面！

wǒ xiǎng nà shíhou gèng fēngkuáng 。 gèsè rénwù dōu lái Shànghǎi tān móushēng 。yángrén zài zūjiè dàxīngtǔmù ，mǎlù shàng huángbāochē 、diànchē sìchù chōng ，hēibāng liúmáng dàochù sīshā 。 nǐ xiǎng xiang nà chǎngmiàn ！

I think it was even crazier back then. All kinds of characters came to seek their fortune in Shanghai. Foreigners built all kinds of stuff in the Concessions, and there were rickshaws on the roads, and streetcars rushing all over the place. Underworld thugs were killing people right and left. Imagine that!

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像一个小流氓，小混混。

xiàng yī gè xiǎo liúmáng ，xiǎohùnhùn 。

like a hooligan or a rascal

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这些城管简直就是流氓、恶棍！大冷天的，人家在外面卖玉米挣几个钱多不容易啊！又不偷，又不抢，凭什么随随便便就把人家的东西给没收了。

zhèxiē chéngguǎn jiǎnzhí jiùshì liúmáng 、ègùn ！dàlěngtiān de ，rénjiā zài wàimian mài yùmǐ zhèng jǐ ge qián duō bù róngyì a ！yòu bù tōu ，yòu bù qiǎng ，píng shénme suísuíbiànbiàn jiù bǎ rénjiā de dōngxi gěi mòshōu le 。

These city management officers are just a bunch of thugs and bullies! It's not easy trying to make a little money selling corn out here in this freezing cold weather! They're not stealing or robbing or anything. What gives city management the right to just confiscate people's things like it's nothing?

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