| 霸道 | bà dào | the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent |   |
| 暴政 | bào zhèng | tyranny / despotic rule | |
| 僭主政治 | jiàn zhǔ zhèng zhì | tyranny / government by usurper | |
| 豺狼当涂 | chái láng dāng tú | ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land | |
| 豺狼当路 | chái láng dāng lù | ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land | |
| 以暴易暴 | yǐ bào yì bào | to replace one tyranny by another / to use violence against violence | |
| 五人墓碑记 | wǔ rén mù bēi jì | Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1xian2] during the late Ming dynasty | |
| 豺狼塞路 | chái láng sāi lù | ravenous wolves block the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land | |
| 豺狼当道 | chái láng dāng dào | ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land | |
