lord it over others

lord it over others

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à NGW á ngch à NGB à, which means to use power to run roughshod or arrogantly claim to be the leader. It comes from the annals of the Ming Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

King: the emperor; BA: the leader of the alliance of ancient princes.

The origin of Idioms

According to the order of the annals of the Ming Dynasty written by Cao Cao of the Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms period, "if there is no orphan in the country, I don't know how many people will be called emperor and how many people will be called king."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] lonely, domineering, domineering and [antonym] modest gentleman

Idiom usage

It refers to a person who does whatever he wants. Wang Yuanliang's "reading history" in Song Dynasty: "Liu Xiang is king and dominator, Guan Zhang is lifeless and meritorious." Never shut yourself up in a small house, boast and seek hegemony. (Mao Zedong's speech at the Senate of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region)