胡作非为

胡作非為
húzuò-fēiwéi
idiom #23,473

Meanings

  1. 1 to run amok
  2. 2 to act recklessly
  3. 3 to commit outrages
  4. 4 to behave without restraint

Examples

Tā zhàng zhe quánshì húzuòfēiwéi, zuìzhōng shòudào le fǎlǜ de zhìcái.
Relying on his power, he acted recklessly and was ultimately punished by the law.
Nà bāng hùn hùn zài jiēshàng húzuòfēiwéi, wúrén gǎn guǎn.
That gang ran amok in the streets and no one dared to stop them.

Tips

memory
(recklessly/wildly) + (to do) + (wrong/wrongdoing) + (behavior) — doing things wildly and wrongly. here is a classical word meaning 'without reason' or 'recklessly,' not the surname.

Stroke Order

zuò
fēi
wéi