率兽食人 — Chinese idiom
率兽食人
shuài shòu shí rén
Traditional: 率獸食人
Meaning
- lit. to lead beasts to eat the people ; fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
Character by character
- 率shuàito command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion
- 兽shòubeast, animal; bestial
- 食shífood; to eat
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 率尔操觚 shuài ěr cāo gū
- 率由旧章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng
- 草率收兵 cǎo shuài shōu bīng
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu
- 如鸟兽散 rú niǎo shòu sàn
- 洪水猛兽 hóng shuǐ měng shòu
- 衣冠禽兽 yī guān qín shòu
- 飞禽走兽 fēi qín zǒu shòu
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