play the gangster

play the gangster

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú Zu ò f ē IW é I, which means to do bad things regardless of law or public opinion. It comes from the biography of Zhang Yu in the history of the Old Five Dynasties.

Notes on Idioms

Hu: chaos; Fei: No.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Zhang Yu in the history of the Old Five Dynasties, "the common people of ruchedu village, Liu Kaidao, used to be a thief. Now they have to change their career. If they don't get rid of the old habit, they will die forever."

Idiom usage

It means to do something bad at will. (1) Lao She's four generations in the same hall: "hearing this, he began to feel that he was really great; he could act boldly for nothing." (2) the second chapter of Wenkang's biography of children's Heroes in the Qing Dynasty: "you and I are heroes in vain. Since childhood, we have never listened to the lessons of our parents, never studied, never corrected, never shouldered, never carried a basket, acted recklessly, and even become robbers." (3) the second chapter of the story of heroes and Heroines: "since you and I want to help this girl, how can we let her act recklessly and enter the empty door? (4) Chapter 65 of the lamp of the crossroad: "there is no gambling in the Commission. The younger ones have been taught by the master, and they dare not act recklessly any more. 」