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Trad. 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
Trad. 匪幫
- gang of bandits
- criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)
Trad. 幫腔
- vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas
- to speak in support of
- to chime in
Trad. 幫閑
- to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
Trad. 穿幫
- (TV or movie) blooper
- continuity error
- (theater) to flub one's lines
- unintended exposure of a body part
- to be exposed (of a scheme or trick)
- to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue
- to blow one's cover
Trad. 青紅幫
- traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons
Trad. 清紅幫
- traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons
Trad. 幫幫忙
- to help
- to do a favor
- (Shanghainese) Come on!
- Give me a break!
Trad. 四人幫
- Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
Trad. 短衣幫
- lit. short jacket party
- working people
- the toiling masses
- blue collar workers
Trad. 越幫越忙
- to be officious
- to kibitz
- to be meddlesome
- to force one's help upon