run wild for a brief period

run wild for a brief period

The Chinese idiom, CH ā ngju é y ī sh í in pinyin, means that bad people or reactionary forces are particularly fierce and unrestrained at one time. From Zhou Enlai's speech at Yan'an welcome meeting.

Idiom usage

It refers to bad forces

Examples

The enemy is only rampant for a while now.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: arrogant for a while

Antonym: calm

The origin of Idioms

Zhou Enlai's speech at Yan'an welcome meeting: "the death of the once rampant fascists and their fifth column is approaching day by day."

Idiom explanation

Rampant: fierce and unrestrained. To describe a villain or a reactionary force as being particularly ferocious at one time.