"hired thug" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 打手 | hired thug | syn | |
| 狗腿子 | dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 暴徒 | bandit / thug / ruffian | syn | |
| 伴舞 | to be a dancing partner to sb / to perform as a backup dancer / taxi dancer (hired dancing partner) / escort | ||
| 受聘 | hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family | syn | |
| 包车 包車 | hired car / chartered car | ||
| 家丁 | (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc | syn | |
| 鹰犬 鷹犬 | hawks and hounds / (fig.) running dogs / hired thugs | syn | |
| 佣兵 傭兵 | (military) mercenary / (sports) player hired from another country | ||
| 受雇 受僱 | to be employed / to be hired / hired / paid | ||
| 恶少 惡少 | young thug / malicious young ruffian | syn | |
| 月嫂 | woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth | ||
| 帮 幫 | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society | syn | |
| 佣 傭 | to hire / to employ / servant / hired laborer / domestic help | syn | |
| 佣工 傭工 | hired laborer / servant | syn | |
| 倌 | keeper of domestic animals / herdsman / (old) hired hand in certain trade | syn | |
| 五毛 | fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter | ||
| 打长工 打長工 | to work as long-term hired hand | ||
| 酒托女 | woman hired to lure men to high-priced bars | ||
| 酒托 | person hired to lure customers to high-priced bars | ||
| 饭托 飯托 | person hired to lure customers to a restaurant | ||
| 医闹 醫鬧 | (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation |