民贼独夫 — Chinese idiom
民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū
Traditional: 民賊獨夫
Meaning
- tyrant and oppressor of the people ; traitorous dictator
Character by character
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 贼zéithief, traitor; cunning, sly
- 独dúalone, independent, only, single, solitary
- 夫fūman, husband; worker; those
Idioms sharing a character
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 削职为民 xuē zhí wéi mín
- 劳民伤财 láo mín shāng cái
- 升斗小民 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
- 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
- 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān
- 国计民生 guó jì mín shēng
- 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn
- 吊民伐罪 diào mín fá zuì
- 爱民如子 ài mín rú zǐ
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