率兽食人 shuài shòu shí rén

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people

CHARACTERS

率 shuài
HSK 5
to lead; ratio; rate; limit
兽 shòu
HSK 6
beast, animal; bestial
食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else