洋场恶少 in English yang2 chang3 e4 shao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • city infested with foreign adventurers (particularly of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

洋 场 恶 少

Traditional Characters

洋 場 惡 少

Pinyin

yang2 chang3 e4 shao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

洋yang2ocean 场chang3threshing floor 恶e4see 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1] 少shao3few