juvenile delinquent; hooligan
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juvenile delinquent; hooligan; youth dressed flamboyantly with unruly behavior
dialectOriginally a regional term, now used more broadly in Chinese to refer to young troublemakers or delinquents, often associated with a specific rebellious subculture from the mid-20th century.
Tā他
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
shì是
gè个
ā阿
fēi飞
，
zhěng整
tiān天
rě惹
shì是
shēng生
fēi非
。
He was a juvenile delinquent when he was young, always stirring up trouble.
Nà那
gè个
ā阿
fēi飞
tuán团
huǒ伙
zài在
jiē街
shàng上
yóu游
dàng荡
，
yǐn引
qǐ起
le了
jū居
mín民
de的
zhù注
yì意
。
That gang of hooligans was wandering the streets, drawing the attention of residents.
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Liù六
shí十
nián年
dài代
de的
diàn电
yǐng影
lǐ里
cháng常
cháng常
chū出
xiàn现
ā阿
fēi飞
de的
xíng形
xiàng象
。
Images of juvenile delinquents often appeared in movies from the 1960s.