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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「上嫚下暴」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It refers to the arrogance of the ruler and the violence of the people. Same as “slow on top and violent on bottom”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shàng yuān xià bào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seung5/seung6 maan6 ha6 bou6
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