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橫行霸道

简 横行霸道 · 繁 橫行霸道
Mandarin · pinyin héng xíng bà dào

Meanings

  1. to oppress
  2. to rule as a despot
  3. to tyrannize
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橫
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行
xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
霸
bà · rule by might rather than right
道
dào · path, road, street; method, way
横
héng · across
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2–2–4–4 · heng2 xing2 ba4 dao4

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waang4 hang4 baa3 dou6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to act in a fierce, domineering and unreasonable way

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