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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
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Original source entry:

作威作福 作威作福 [zuo4 wei1 zuo4 fu2] /tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people/

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作威作福
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