作歹

zuòdǎi

to do evil; to commit atrocities

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 作 zuō
  1. (bound form) worker
  2. (bound form) workshop
  3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
=1 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
=2 歹 dǎi
  1. bad
  2. wicked
  3. evil
  4. Kangxi radical 78
=2 歹 è
  1. (obsolete) bone remains
  2. (obsolete) bone remnants
  3. (used by Miao people) I, you
  4. I, you
  5. alternative form of 待 (“to stay”)
  6. bad; wicked; evil
  7. bone remains
  8. bone remnants
  9. misdeed; something evil

Containing this entry

為非作歹 wéifēizuòdǎi
  1. to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
  2. evildoer
  3. to perpetrate outrages