如狼牧羊rú láng mù yánglike a wolf shepherding sheep;[of magistrates] rule the people oppressively
❍ 御史大夫弘曰：“臣居山东为小吏时，宁成为济南都尉，其治～。成不可使治民。” (《史记·酷吏列传》) …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就像让狼去放牧羊群一样。比喻残害平民百姓。rule the people oppressively, like a wolf shepherding sheep |