如狼牧羊rú láng mù yánglike a wolf shepherding sheep;[of magistrates] rule the people oppressively
? 御史大夫弘曰：“臣居山東為小吏時，寧成為濟南都尉，其治～。成不可使治民?！?(《史記·酷吏列傳》) …but the grand secretary Gongsun Hong objected. “When I served as a minor official east of the mountains,Ning Cheng was the military tribune of Jinan，” he said.“He harried the people as a wolf harasses sheep. It would never do to let him govern a province.” 如狼牧羊ru lang mu yanglike a wolf shepherding sheep—trample underfoot 如狼牧羊rú lánɡ mù yánɡ就像讓狼去放牧羊群一樣。比喻殘害平民百姓。rule the people oppressively, like a wolf shepherding sheep |