胡作非为

hú zuò fēi wéi

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

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Child Words of 胡作非为

• 作 作 zuō: worker
• 作 作 zuò: to do; to engage in
• 为 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 为 wèi: because of
• 非 非 fēi: to not be; not
• 胡 胡 hú: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia