毛主席语录

[Kenny同志]

不以结婚为目的的谈恋爱都是耍流氓！

It is 耍流氓 to enter a relationship without the intention to marry him or her.

请教同志们

How would you say 耍流氓 in English? Hooliganism isn't appropriate here it seems.

[wushijiao]

Did Mao - a serial womanizer- actually say this?

[Kenny同志]

I don't know whether he was a womanizer or not, but he did say this.

PS: As I know very little about his personal life, I will not comment on his personalities before I know enough about him.

[Don_Horhe]

I guess in this particular case 耍流氓 could be roughly translated as lechery, debauchery or decadence.

[roddy]

I don't know whether he was a womanizer or not, but he did say this.

Yes you do, Wushijiao just told you

I think I might just go for irresponsible. I wanted to go for licentious, but I wasn't sure how to spell it.

[CrisPal]

Really?!Are you sure ChairmanMao ever said that?

[Outofin]

I didn't find any authentic reference but from Baidu Zhidao, it sounds more like a urban legend.

“不以结婚为目的的谈恋爱，都是耍流氓”。

网上查了一下，有人说这句话出自毛主席语录38章5节27句，但是毛主席语录只有33章啊，所以这个说法说假的。

又有人说，出自莎士比亚，但是，具体是莎士比亚的哪一本书咧？

[jbradfor]

How about "rogue"? There's a word we don't use often enough....

[gato]

毛主席喜欢跟年轻女同志跳舞，因为这个爱好，中南海以前经常办周末舞会。

http://www.zywxpress.com/GB/186591/11549901.html

《在毛主席身边二十年》精彩章节

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　　周末舞会

　　延安时期到建国后的相当一段时间，周末跳舞对于毛主席等中央领导同志而言，既是他们生活中的一个主要的娱乐项目，又是他们平时活动、锻炼身体的一个重要方式。

[Kenny同志]

Thank you everybody. The words you suggested make sense in some way. But it’s very hard to tell whether Mao meant taking liberties with women or merely its being immoral by saying 耍流氓. Personally, I don’t think dating someone necessitates sex. Your responses lead me to another possible option, “immoral”. How do you think of it?

@Gato

You’re really an expert on China. I am amazed by the vastness of your knowledge about her.

Thank you all again.

[anonymoose]

behave like a hoodlum, according to nciku.

[The guy from Beijing]

well, immoral is right in some way. But hoodlums and “流氓” isn't exactly the same thing, the former means someone in the illegal gang business, while the latter simply means someone who enjoys harassing girls, be it with words or actions. And let me make it clear that it does not imply sex, merely intimacy. Maybe the word womanizer isn't all that bad

[JessieJessie]

The word "耍流氓"was used when men flirting with women was considered rude and offensive. lechery should be the right word. I guess nowadays girls don't used this word much.