瘪三 [
biē sān]
a wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing
- 上海人叫小瘪三的那批角色,也很像我们的党八股,干瘪得很,样子十分难看。
Like our stereotyped Party writing, the creatures known in Shanghai as "little piehsan" are wizened and ugly. - 演员马克·华伯格以小瘪三的姿态开始了他的社会生活,他甚至曾因野蛮殴打两名越南人而锒铛入狱。
Performer Mark Wahlberg began his public life as a small-time thug, even doing time at one point for the savage beatings of two Vietnamese men. - 日本人还一直都抱有这种想法:公司实行终身雇佣制,永远都不会解雇员工;日本的黑手党,日本瘪三,是日本没落武士精神的守护者。
Other abiding beliefs include companies looking after workers through lifetime employment and the yakuza, Japan's mafia, being guardians of the lost samurai spirit.