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胡作非为

hú zuò fēi wéi

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Definitions

  1. 1. to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages

Child Words of 胡作非为

作
zuō

worker

非
fēi

to not be; not

为
wèi

because of

为
wéi

as (in the capacity of)

作
zuò

to do; to engage in

胡
hú

non-Han people, esp. from central Asia