豺狼当道 — Chinese idiom
豺狼当道
chái láng dāng dào
Traditional: 豺狼當道
Meaning
- wicked people hold power; a vicious tyranny rules the land
Character by character
- 豺cháiwolf; cruel, mean, wicked
- 狼lángwolf
- 当dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Idioms sharing a character
- 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào
- 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
- 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
- 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū
- 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn
- 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi
- 狼烟四起 láng yān sì qǐ
- 狼狈为奸 láng bèi wéi jiān
- 狼虫虎豹 láng chóng hǔ bào
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