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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

闹事 [nàoshì]
  1. 1. create a disturbance; make trouble; riot
    上街闹事
    take to the streets and make trouble

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

闹事 [nàoshì]
  1. 1. 生事捣乱。

Examples

呼朋引类,聚众闹事
gang up to make trouble
昨天晚上闹事的足球迷给拘起来了。
The football fans who made trouble last night were detained.
聚众闹事
assemble a crowd to make trouble
煽动群众闹事
stir up trouble among the masses
这些人成群结伙,又在聚众闹事了。
These people incited the crowd to riot.
保安把那几个打斗闹事的人带走了。
The security guards took the trouble-makers away.
警方拘捕了这些聚众闹事的刁棍。
The police have arrested these artful rascals who gathered together to make trouble.
因为聚众闹事,李明正在写悔过书。
Li Ming is writing a letter of apology because he gathered together a group of people and ran riot.
他鸠集数人在市政府门口聚众闹事
He gathered a group of people and caused trouble in front of the city hall.

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