洋場惡少 yáng chǎng è shào

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

洋 yáng
HSK 4
ocean, sea; foreign; western
場 chǎng open space, field, market
惡 è evil, wicked, bad, foul
少 shào
HSK 1
few, less, inadequate