胡作非为 in English hu2 zuo4 fei1 wei2 Meaning

Meanings

• to run amok (idiomatic expression); to commit outrages

Pinyin

hu2 zuo4 fei1 wei2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

胡hu2surname Hu 作zuo4worker 非fei1abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa 为wei4as (in the capacity of)