- to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
- evildoer
- to perpetrate outrages
Characters
- 为 (為): as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 非 (非): abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- 作 (作): (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 歹 (歹): bad; wicked; evil; Kangxi radical 78
Resources
- Wiktionary: 为非作歹
- MDBG: 为非作歹
- Examples with 为非作歹 on Tatoeba
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