洋场恶少 yáng chǎng è shào

DEFINITIONS

  1. city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)

CHARACTERS

洋 yáng ocean, sea; foreign; western
场 chǎng open space, field, market
恶 è evil, wicked, bad, foul
少 shào few, less, inadequate