恃强欺弱 — Chinese idiom
恃强欺弱
shì qiáng qī ruò
Traditional: 恃強欺弱
Meaning
- to use one's strength to mistreat people
- to bully
Character by character
- 恃shìto trust, to rely on; to presume
- 强qiángstrong, powerful, energetic
- 欺qīto cheat, to double-cross, to deceive
- 弱ruòweak, fragile, delicate
Idioms sharing a character
- 恃才傲物 shì cái ào wù
- 不畏强暴 bù wèi qiáng bào
- 不畏强权 bù wèi qiáng quán
- 以弱胜强 yǐ ruò shèng qiáng
- 以强凌弱 yǐ qiáng líng ruò
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 外强中干 wài qiáng zhōng gān
- 富国强兵 fù guó qiáng bīng
- 差强人意 chā qiáng rén yì
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