also: じゅりぇんぱん
noun
United Bamboo Gang
A Taiwanese organized crime syndicate. The name is a proper noun referring to this specific group.
竹聯幇は台湾の有名な犯罪組織だ。
The United Bamboo Gang is a well-known Taiwanese crime syndicate.
From Mandarin 竹聯幫 (Zhúliánbāng), meaning 'Bamboo Union Gang'. The Japanese reading ちくれんほう is derived from the kanji, while ジュリェンパン approximates the Mandarin pronunciation.