"Tyrant" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bào jūn tyrant / despot
 háo qiáng despot / tyrant / bully
 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss
 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
 jiàn zhǔ tyrant / usurper
 chái láng jackal and wolf / ravenous wolf / fig. evil person / vicious tyrant
 è bà evil tyrant
 zhù Zhòu wéi nu:è lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche
 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant
 mín zéi dú fū tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
 dú fū mín zéi tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
 Shāng Zhòu wáng King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
 Dì Xīn Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
西 Bì xī tè lā tú Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC
 Jié Wáng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
 Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]
 Jī zǐ Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[Zhou4], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[Zhou1] dynasty
 wō li hèng (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
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