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Pronunciation / Transliteration: shèhuì zhāzǐ
"保安把那些社会渣滓赶出了大楼。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Disreputable or undesirable people; the lowest class of society.
"The club has strict security to keep out the riffraff."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English (originally denoting a type of refuse or rubbish): from Old French rif et raf 'one and all, completely', later associated with the verb raffer 'to sweep away'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "riffraff" is said worldwide
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la canaille
Transliteration: la kanaj
"La police voulait empêcher la canaille d'entrer dans le quartier."
das Gesindel
Transliteration: das ɡəˈzɪndəl
"Er wollte dieses ganze Gesindel nicht in seinem Haus haben."
la feccia
Transliteration: la fettʃa
"Certe persone trattano i poveri come se fossero feccia."
la chusma
Transliteration: la tʃusma
"No quiero que esa chusma entre a la fiesta."
a corja
Transliteration: a kɔɾʒɐ
"A polícia expulsou aquela corja da praça."
नीच लोग
Transliteration: neech log
"वह ऐसे नीच लोगों से बात नहीं करना चाहता।"
社会渣滓
Transliteration: shèhuì zhāzǐ
"保安把那些社会渣滓赶出了大楼。"
인간 쓰레기
Transliteration: in-gan sseu-re-gi
"그는 파티에 그런 부류의 사람들이 오는 것을 원하지 않았다."
下等な人間
Transliteration: katona ningen
"彼はパーティーに厄介者を入れたくなかった。"
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