苛政猛於虎

tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)

Characters and words in 苛政猛於虎

severe / exacting
political / politics / government

= + : As James II of England (zh) became a powerful politician (政) he used his power for many crazy laws. For example, he once ordered a stick figure (正) to tear down the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) using a sledgehammer (攵).
ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome

= + : Mencius' (孟) dachshund (犭) did a dump inside of the engine ((e)ng3) and Mencius is furious (猛). He ferociously yells at his dachshund and is in turn yelled at by Mahatma Gandhi (m) who oversees engine.
in / at / to / from / by / than / out of

= + : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great was assigned to repair the electrics of the space station's entrance, but instead she was snacking some honey from a honey jar. Now her capacitor got stuck in the honey and she has to use a crowbar to lever it out.
surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]
(literary) Oh! / Ah!
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is trying once more to get some nice stripes (虍). This time she is lying on the tiger's (虎) small table (几) to have him tattoo the stripes on her body in the space station (Ø3).

Words with 苛政猛於虎

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