chái láng dāng lù

Traditional: 豺狼當路

豺狼当路 (chái láng dāng lù) is a Chinese word meaning “ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power; a vicious tyranny rules the land”.

Meanings

  1. 1ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power
  2. 2a vicious tyranny rules the land

Characters in 豺狼当路

豺chái · dog-like animal狼láng · wolf当dāng · (onom.) dong路lù · road (CL:條|条[tiao2])

Related words

当(onom.) dong当to be当at or in the very same...当然only natural路road (CL:條|条[tiao2])路surname Lu当时then; at that time当时immediately; right then路上on the road相当equivalent to狼wolf当作to treat as

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