暴君
bào jūn
Pinyin

Definition

暴君
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bào jūn
  1. tyrant
  2. despot

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

君
jūn
  1. 1 monarch
  2. 2 lord
  3. 3 gentleman
  4. 4 ruler
君主
jūn zhǔ
  1. 1 monarch
  2. 2 sovereign
君子
jūn zǐ
  1. 1 nobleman
  2. 2 person of noble character
暴
Bào
  1. 1 surname Bao
暴力
bào lì
  1. 1 violence
  2. 2 force
  3. 3 violent
暴露
bào lù
  1. 1 to expose
  2. 2 to reveal
  3. 3 to lay bare
  4. 4 also pr. [pù lù]
风暴
fēng bào
  1. 1 storm
  2. 2 violent commotion
  3. 3 fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
凶暴
xiōng bào
  1. 1 brutal
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君王
jūn wáng
  1. 1 sovereign king
强暴
qiáng bào
  1. 1 violent
  2. 2 to rape
暴利
bào lì
  1. 1 sudden huge profits
暴君
bào jūn
  1. 1 tyrant
  2. 2 despot
暴富
bào fù
  1. 1 to get rich quick
暴徒
bào tú
  1. 1 bandit
  2. 2 thug
  3. 3 ruffian
暴怒
bào nù
  1. 1 to fly into a rage
  2. 2 to rage violently
暴晒
bào shài
  1. 1 (of the sun) to scorch
  2. 2 to expose to a scorching sun
暴涨
bào zhǎng
  1. 1 to increase sharply
  2. 2 to rise dramatically
暴发
bào fā
  1. 1 to break out (of disease etc)
  2. 2 to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
暴发户
bào fā hù
  1. 1 newly rich
  2. 2 parvenu
  3. 3 upstart

Idioms (20)

一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
不畏强暴
bù wèi qiáng bào
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
君子远庖厨
jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú
  1. 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
忠君爱国
zhōng jūn ài guó
  1. 1 faithful patriots (idiom)
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
  1. 1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
有仇不报非君子
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ
  1. 1 a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén
  1. 1 one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
淑人君子
shū rén jūn zi
  1. 1 virtuous gentleman (idiom)
狂风暴雨
kuáng fēng bào yǔ
  1. 1 howling wind and torrential rain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) difficult, dangerous situation
狂饮暴食
kuáng yǐn bào shí
  1. 1 drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess
脸红筋暴
liǎn hóng jīn bào
  1. 1 red and tense with anger (idiom)
请君入瓮
qǐng jūn rù wèng
  1. 1 lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine

Sample Sentences

为了稳固自己的地位。所以说秦始皇是个暴君。
wèile wěngù zìjǐ de dìwèi 。suǒyǐ shuō Qínshǐhuáng shì ge bàojūn 。
In order to stabilize his position. So it is said that Qin Shihuang was a tyrant.
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那全是因为唐朝皇帝都很开放和自信，有胸怀！像李白那样什么话都敢说的诗人，要是在暴君当政的时候，脑袋被砍一千次都不止！
nà quán shì yīnwèi Tángcháo huángdì dōu hěn kāifàng hé zìxìn ，yǒu xiōnghuái ！xiàng Lǐ Bái nàyàng shénme huà dōu gǎnshuō de shīrén ，yàoshì zài bàojūn dāngzhèng de shíhou ，nǎodài bèi kǎn yī qiān cì dōu bùzhǐ ！
That's entirely because Tang dynasty emperors were very liberal and self-confident. They had a lot of heart! If a poet like Li Bai who dared to say anything had lived during a brutal military dictatorship, they would've chopped his head into thousands of little pieces!
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