豺狼当道

ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land

jackal and wolf / ravenous wolf / fig. evil person / vicious tyrant

dog-like animal / ravenous beast / dhole (Cuon Alpinus) / jackal

wolf / CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)

in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue

road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)