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为非作歹

為非作歹

wéifēizuòdǎi

to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
evildoer
to perpetrate outrages

to do evil

做坏事。《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷一七》：「后来其教盛行，那学了与民间祛妖除害的，便是正法。若是去为非作歹的，只叫得妖术。」《红楼梦．第五七回》：「我说的是好话，不过叫你心裡留神，并没叫你去为非作歹。」也作「生非作歹」。

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Entry Composition

as (in the capacity of)
to take sth as
to act as
to serve as
to behave as
to become
to be
to do
by (in the passive voice)

variant of 为 wéi

to not be; not
wrong; incorrect
non-; un-; in-; de-
to reproach; to blame
(coll.) to insist on; simply must

to do evil; to commit atrocities

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bad person
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