为非作歹

Traditional form:

為非作歹

Pinyin (reading):

wéifēizuòdǎi

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 歹 - corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked

Traditional characters:

• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 歹 - corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked