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暴虐无道

bào nüè wú dàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) tyrannical / oppressive / lawless
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-98a7d59432c024e9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

暴虐無道 暴虐无道 [bao4 nu:e4 wu2 dao4] /(idiom) tyrannical; oppressive; lawless/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 暴虐無道

  • 暴
    bào

    sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure

    pù

    See the full entry for source details.

    Bào

    surname Bao

  • 虐
    nüè

    (bound form) brutal / oppressive / harsh / (literary) disaster / catastrophe

  • 无
    mó

    used in 南無|南无[nā mó]

    wú

    not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

  • 道
    dào

    road / path (CL:條|条[tiáo],股[gǔ]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.