zhǐxǔzhōuguānfànghuǒbùxǔbǎixìngdiǎndēng
one rule for the rich and another for the poor
- one rule for the rich and another for the poor
- Describes a situation where those in power are allowed to do whatever they want, while ordinary people are forbidden from even the most basic activities; often implies double standards or hypocrisy by superiors toward their subordinates.
- double standard
- the magistrates are allowed to burn down houses while the common people are forbidden even to light lamps; a proverb describing how those in power exercise tyrannical double standards or deny others their basic rights while indulging in excess themselves
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Same as
- 州官放火 zhōuguānfànghuǒ