1 to dominate

2 to rule

3 to dictate

4 master

1 Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jīn Yōng] and its screen adaptations

1 butcher

2 fig. murderous dictator

1 to slaughter

2 (fig.) to ride roughshod over

3 to take advantage of (others)

1 prime minister (in feudal China)

1 to get trampled on (idiom)

2 to be taken advantage of

1 Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

1 lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation

2 to repent and be absolved of one's crimes

1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)

1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep

2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)