黑社会
hēi shè huì
Pinyin

Definition

黑社会
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hēi shè huì
  1. criminal underworld
  2. organized crime syndicate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shè jiāo
  1. 1 interaction
  2. 2 social contact
shè qū
  1. 1 community
  2. 2 neighborhood
shè huì
  1. 1 society
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
Hēi
  1. 1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]
hēi yè
  1. 1 night
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness
hēi yǎn quān
  1. 1 dark circles (under one's eyes)
  2. 2 black eye
hēi shè huì
  1. 1 criminal underworld
  2. 2 organized crime syndicate
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
gōng shè
  1. 1 commune
chū bǎn shè
  1. 1 publishing house
bào shè
  1. 1 newspaper (i.e. a company)
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā]
tiān hēi
  1. 1 to get dark
  2. 2 dusk
Mù ní hēi
  1. 1 München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany
mǒ hēi
  1. 1 to discredit
  2. 2 to defame
  3. 3 to smear sb's name
  4. 4 to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)
  5. 5 to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)
  6. 6 to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
lā hēi
  1. 1 to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)
  2. 2 abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单
mō hēi
  1. 1 to grope about in the dark
Xīn huá shè
  1. 1 Xinhua News Agency
lu:3 xíng shè
  1. 1 travel agency
shài hēi
  1. 1 to sunbathe
  2. 2 to tan
  3. 3 to get sunburnt
  4. 4 to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)

Idioms (11)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
  1. 1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. pitch dark
  3. 3 to black out
  4. 4 disorderly
  5. 5 troubled times
近朱者赤,近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. 1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. 2 you are the product of your environment
颠倒黑白
diān dǎo hēi bái
  1. 1 lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
  2. 2 to misrepresent the facts
  3. 3 to invert right and wrong
黎明前的黑暗
lí míng qián de hēi àn
  1. 1 darkness comes before dawn
  2. 2 things can only get better (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè
  1. 1 lit. the black sky of midnight
  2. 2 very late at night (idiom)
黑白不分
hēi bái bù fēn
  1. 1 can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right

Sample Sentences

你说的怎么都是黑社会呀?
nǐ shuō de zěnme dōu shì hēishèhuì ya ?
How come you're talking about the underworld?!
芝加哥以前还有很多黑社会呢。
Zhījiāgē yǐqián hái yǒu hěn duō hēishèhuì ne 。
In the past Chicago also had a lot of organized crime.
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黑社会组织
hēishèhuì zǔzhī
crime organization
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啊?黑社会啊?
ǎ ?hēishèhuì a ?
Huh? Organized crime?
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我还是比较传统,总觉得纹身是黑社会的标记。不过,外国人倒对纹中国字特别入迷。好莱坞明星,NBA球星,身上经常都纹着我们的文字。也算是推广中国文化吧。
wǒ háishì bǐjiào chuántǒng ,zǒng juéde wénshēn shì hēishèhuì de biāojì 。bùguò ,wàiguórén dào duì wén zhōngguózì tèbié rùmí 。Hǎoláiwù míngxīng ,NBAqiúxīng ,shēnshang jīngcháng dōu wén zhe wǒmen de wénzì 。yě suànshì tuīguǎng zhōngguówénhuà ba 。
I'm still pretty traditional. I've always felt that tattoos are a symbol of organized crime. But foreigners are really into getting tattoos of Chinese characters. Hollywood stars, NBA stars- they often get our characters tattooed all over their bodies. Call it ''promoting Chinese culture."
是啊,纹身其实是很漂亮的人体艺术。怎么就和黑社会、反叛连在一起了呢?
shì a ,wénshēn qíshí shì hěn piàoliang de réntǐ yìshù 。zěnme jiù hé hēishèhuì 、fǎnpàn lián zài yīqǐ le ne ?
Yeah. Tattoos are actually a really beautiful form of body art. How can they just be associated with gangs and rebels?
黑社会
hēishèhuì
organized crime
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什么义气,我看这叫鲁莽。义气可不是这样不分青红皂白用暴力解决问题的。这样不就成了黑社会了?
shénme yìqi ,wǒ kàn zhè jiào lǔmǎng 。yìqi kěbushì zhèyàng bùfēn qīnghóngzàobái yòng bàolì jiějué wèntí de 。zhèyàng bù jiù chéng le hēishèhuì le ?