shuài shòu shí réndictionary entry
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lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom) / fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
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Original source entry:

率獸食人 率兽食人 [shuai4 shou4 shi2 ren2] /lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people/

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