混账

混賬
húnzhàng
noun #8,299 vulgar

Meanings

  1. 1 bastard; scoundrel
  2. 2 absurd; outrageous (of behavior)

Examples

Nǐ zhègè húnzhàng dōngxi!
You scoundrel!
Tā zuò le hěn duō húnzhàng shì.
He did a lot of outrageous things.
Bié shuō húnzhàng huà le.
Stop talking nonsense.

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混账 is a strong insult, roughly equivalent to 'bastard' or 'son of a bitch'. Common in period dramas and literature. In modern speech, 混蛋 is more common with the same force.
history
Originally 混账 referred to nomadic tribes mixing up tent assignments (), causing chaos. Over time it became a general term for outrageous, shameless behavior.

Stroke Order

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