local tyrants and evil gentry

local tyrants and evil gentry

Local tyrants and evil gentry, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ǔ h á Oli è sh ē n, which means people who were rich and powerful in the old society. From the investigation report of Hunan peasant movement.

Idiom explanation

Local tyrant: the local tyrant is the landlord who bullies others. Evil gentry: a local bully or a villain among retired bureaucrats.

The origin of Idioms

"Only local tyrants and evil gentry are afraid when they see it, and the revolutionary party should never be afraid when they see it," Mao Zedong said in his investigation report on the Hunan peasant movement

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to the landlord or bully. Ordinary citizens hate corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry. Mao Dun's the literature and art of the feudal petty citizens