不 逞 之 徒

bù chěng zhī túdictionary entry

desperado

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Original source entry:

不逞之徒不逞之徒 [bu4 cheng3 zhi1 tu2] /desperado/

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Character information

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不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
逞
chěng
to show off / to flaunt / to carry out or succeed in a scheme / to indulge / to give free rein to
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
徒
tú
(bound form) disciple / apprentice / believer / (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[piàn tú] "swindler" or 叛徒[pàn tú] "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare / empty / (bound form) to no avail / in vain / (bound form) merely / just / only / (bound form) prison sentence
Tú
surname Tu

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