苛政猛于虎 (苛政猛於虎)
kē zhèng měng yú hǔ
Pinyin

Definition

苛政猛于虎 (苛政猛於虎)
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kē zhèng měng yú hǔ
  1. tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

政府
zhèng fǔ
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
政治
zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
政策
zhèng cè
  1. 1 policy
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
於
Yū
  1. 1 surname Yu
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [Yú]
猛
měng
  1. 1 ferocious
  2. 2 fierce
  3. 3 violent
  4. 4 brave
  5. 5 suddenly
  6. 6 abrupt
  7. 7 (slang) awesome

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)