豺狼当道

Traditional form:

豺狼當道

Pinyin (reading):

cháilángdāngdào

Definitions:

• ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power
• a vicious tyranny rules the land

Characters:

• 豺 - wolf; cruel, mean, wicked
• 狼 - wolf
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 道 - method, way; path, road

Traditional characters:

• 豺 - wolf; cruel, mean, wicked
• 狼 - wolf
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 道 - method, way; path, road