take advantage of one 's or sb . else 's power to bully people
take advantage of one 's or sb . else 's power to bully people
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh à n à sh à Q à R é n, which means to bully people by relying on some kind of power. It comes from the third fold of the fifth book of the romance of the Western chamber.
The origin of Idioms
The third fold of the fifth book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "he learns from his teachers and friends, and a gentleman is the first to do his duty; you rely on your father and brother to bully others."
Idiom usage
These prodigal young men have always been evil doers. many people have developed a bureaucratic style of work and completed their tasks by means of coercion. Mao Zedong's speech at the Jinsui cadre Conference
take advantage of one 's or sb . else 's power to bully people