洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
Pinyin

Definition

洋场恶少
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yáng chǎng è shào
  1. city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
至少
zhì shǎo
  1. 1 at least
  2. 2 (to say the) least
南洋
Nán yáng
  1. 1 Southeast Asia
  2. 2 South seas
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
喜洋洋
xǐ yáng yáng
  1. 1 radiant with joy
大洋
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
少儿
shào ér
  1. 1 child
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少妇
shào fù
  1. 1 young married woman
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少爷
shào ye
  1. 1 son of the boss
  2. 2 young master of the house
  3. 3 your son (honorific)
少许
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
少量
shǎo liàng
  1. 1 a smidgen
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 a few
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
必不可少
bì bù kě shǎo
  1. 1 absolutely necessary
  2. 2 indispensable
  3. 3 essential

Idioms (20)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
  1. 1 lit. an ocean of writing
  2. 2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
  1. 1 voluminous
  2. 2 flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth

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