"Tyrant" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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暴君 bào jūn tyrant / despot
豪强 háo qiáng despot / tyrant / bully
地头蛇 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss
霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
僭主 jiàn zhǔ tyrant / usurper
豺狼 chái láng jackal and wolf / ravenous wolf / fig. evil person / vicious tyrant
恶霸 è bà evil tyrant
助纣为虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nu:è lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche
土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant
民贼独夫 mín zéi dú fū tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
独夫民贼 dú fū mín zéi tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
商纣王 Shāng Zhòu wáng King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
帝辛 Dì Xīn Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant
庇西特拉图 Bì xī tè lā tú Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC
桀王 Jié Wáng King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
武王伐纣 Wǔ wáng fá Zhòu King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]
箕子 Jī zǐ Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[Zhou4], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[Zhou1] dynasty
窝里横 wō li hèng (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home
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