urban vagrant; beggar and thief
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
urban vagrant; destitute loafer who begs or steals for a living
dialectOriginates from Shanghainese dialect. Connotes extreme poverty, social marginalization, and moral degradation. Often used as a derogatory term.
Jiù旧
shè社
huì会
，
nòng弄
táng堂
kǒu口
jīng经
cháng常
yǒu有
biē瘪
sān三
zài在
qǐ乞
tǎo讨
。
In the old society, there were often destitute vagrants begging at the entrance of the alleyway.
Tā他
yóu游
shǒu手
hào好
xián闲
，
zuì最
hòu后
chéng成
le了
gè个
biē瘪
sān三
。
He was idle and did nothing, and in the end became a good-for-nothing beggar.
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Bié别
hé和
nà那
qún群
biē瘪
sān三
hùn混
zài在
yī一
qǐ起
。
Don't hang out with that bunch of lowlife beggars.