How to translate or define "The Dao Bums" ?

[Shubin]

I am wondering how to translate "The Dao Bums" into Chinese, so I could introduce our forum to some of my net-friends in this forum, http://www.xiulian.cn/Discuz/forum.php.

 

The hard part is the word "Bums".  I found this statement in a few dictionaries, 

bum："A person who devotes a great deal of time to a specified activity".  Does this definition sound good for most people?  

 

If translated to Chinese, it would be, 迷  or 粉.

迷:  enthusiasts

粉:  fans

 

 Any suggestions or opinions would be appreciated.

 

[Taoist Texts]

bums is 露宿者又稱流浪漢、遊民、街友、野宿族

 

the forum name is a hommage to a once famous hippy novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dharma_Bums

[Nintendao]

迷 does have a nice ring to it. I like how it still carries an air of confusion about it, like to be so absorbed in something as to be "lost." Also evokes a bunch of nutty sports fans. Homer Simpson voice: "hmmm, dao nuts."

 

for the sake of argument, some alternatives for "bum": 

流浪 (liúlàng) wander, hobo - I like how it's made out of the words for flow and wave...

流氓 (liúmáng) rogue, hooligan.

 

To build on what @Taoist Texts said, here's a favorite thread from the site history:

https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/41-the-name-of-the-site/

 

Edited October 25, 2018 by Nintendao
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[Shubin]

10 hours ago, Taoist Texts said:

bums is 露宿者又稱流浪漢、遊民、街友、野宿族

 

the forum name is a hommage to a once famous hippy novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dharma_Bums

Did not know it came from the name of a novel, but it make sense.  Thank you.  

[Shubin]

10 hours ago, Nintendao said:

迷 does have a nice ring to it. I like how it still carries an air of confusion about it, like to be so absorbed in something as to be "lost." Also evokes a bunch of nutty sports fans. Homer Simpson voice: "hmmm, dao nuts."

 

for the sake of argument, some alternatives for "bum": 

流浪 (liúlàng) wander, hobo - I like how it's made out of the words for flow and wave...

流氓 (liúmáng) rogue, hooligan.

 

To build on what @Taoist Texts said, here's a favorite thread from the site history:

https://www.thedaobums.com/topic/41-the-name-of-the-site/

 

Thanks for the URL, so I was able to read a little about the history of our forum. 

For me, these words come with negative information: 

流浪 - people might do it as a life style 

遊民 - homeless, or after a nature disaster people keep moving from one place to another

流氓 - rogue, could be related to a gang

 

 

[Taoist Texts]

34 minutes ago, Shubin said:

Did not know it came from the name of a novel, but it make sense.  Thank you.  

anytime. here it is in chinese

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/达摩流浪者