委任统治 (委任統治)
wěi rèn tǒng zhì
Pinyin
Definition
委任统治 (委任統治)
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- mandate (territory administration)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
以其人之道,还治其人之身
- 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
- 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任人唯亲
- 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
- 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
- 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
任人宰割
- 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
- 2 to be taken advantage of
任其自然
- 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
- 2 to leave it to nature
- 3 laissez-faire