Definition
团伙 (tuán huǒ) refers to a criminal gang or organized crime group as a whole — it always carries a negative, illegal connotation. This distinguishes it from 同伙 (tóng huǒ), which means an individual accomplice or partner in crime, and from 团体 (tuán tǐ), a neutral term for any group or organization.
noun
criminal gangorganized crime group
Examples
- 团伙。Zhège tuán huǒ zài chéng lǐ zuò le hěn duō huài shì.This gang did a lot of bad things in the city.
- 团伙。Jǐngchá huā le yì nián shíjiān cái cuīhuǐ le zhège tuán huǒ.The police spent a year to destroy this gang destroying this.
- 团伙。Wǒmen bìxū fángzhǐ zhè zhǒng tuán huǒ wēihài shèhuì.We must prevent this kind of gang from harming society.
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