亡命徒

wángmìngtú
noun #30,694

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 desperado
  2. 2 outlaw on the run
  3. 3 reckless fugitive

Examples

Tā biànchéng le yī gè wángmìngtú.
He turned into a desperado.
Xībùpiàn lǐ cháng yǒu wángmìngtú de xíngxiàng.
Westerns often feature outlaw characters.

Tips

culture
亡命 (to flee for one's life / be on the run) + (a -person suffix, often pejorative). Stock vocabulary in Chinese crime fiction and Hong Kong cinema — closer to 'desperado' than to ordinary 'criminal,' implying someone who has cast off all restraint because they have nothing left to lose.

Stroke Order

wáng
mìng