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童黨 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • band noun A group of musicians who perform together.
  • gang noun A group of people, often criminals, who band together and share an identity or purpose.
  • rout noun A crushing, disorganized defeat.

Senses

童黨 is used for these senses in English:

  • band A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
  • gang A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.
  • rout (countable) A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the) , the common people as a group, the rabble.

band — full definition

  1. noun A group of musicians who perform together.
  2. noun A thin strip of material used to bind, wrap, or hold something together.
  3. noun A range or category within a larger scale, such as income or frequency.
  4. verb To join together for a shared purpose.

gang — full definition

  1. noun A group of people, often criminals, who band together and share an identity or purpose.
  2. noun Informally, any close group of friends or associates.
  3. noun A team of workers operating together under one supervisor.
  4. verb To act together as a group, especially to attack or confront someone (usually "gang up on").

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