to deceive; to cheat; to dupe someone using false words or actions

to pick on; to browbeat; to take advantage of someone through force or insults

the act of deception or swindling; a scam

To deceive both oneself and other people; to believe one's own lies in an attempt to fool others.

to bully and oppress; to push around or ride roughshod over others by using one's power or influence

to bully and humiliate; to abuse or mistreat

to bully; to treat someone with contempt; to humiliate

to deceive oneself; self-deception

(idiom) to bully or take advantage of someone to an unbearable degree; to push people too far

to hide the truth in order to deceive; to dupe or fool someone

(idiom) to bully others in the same trade and dominate the market through unfair, coercive, or monopolistic practices

easily bullied, cowed, or taken advantage of; weak

To take advantage of one's position or influence to bully or oppress others; to kick people around.

to treat someone with cruelty and contempt; to insult or humiliate others

To pick on those who are vulnerable while acting submissive or fearful toward those who are powerful or aggressive

to cheat those above and defraud those below; to hoodwink one's superiors and hide the truth from one's subordinates

To cheat neither the young nor the old; describes a business that is fair and maintains high integrity toward all customers.

to commit fraud; deception; dupery; same as [[诈骗|詐騙|zha4 pian4]]

(idiom) to fool the world and usurp a good name; to fraudulently seek or gain a reputation

deceptive language or statements intended to mislead; a lie; a tall story

to bully, cheat, or intimidate strangers or newcomers

to deceive or dupe by lying; to trick others

to bully the kind and weak while fearing the powerful or wicked; to oppress the good and timid but yield to those who are aggressive or evil

To ignore or disregard one's own sense of right and wrong; to behave in an unconscionable or wicked manner.

to dupe or fool someone with lies

a person who cheats, deceives, or defrauds others

to deceive or cheat others with lies; literary usage

the crime of fraud or swindling; a legal term for obtaining property or illegal benefits through deception

to deceive the emperor and hoodwink one's superiors; to dupe the monarch

to hide the truth from those above and oppress those below; used to describe corrupt behavior in an organization

to remain upright and honest even when in private or unobserved; to have a clear conscience even in secret

to deceive the public in order to steal a reputation for oneself; to gain fame by underhanded means

To deceive others as well as oneself; to be hooked by one's own lies or to use methods that one does not even believe in to fool others.

to use one's power or strength to mistreat those who are weaker

To deceive the ruler and lead the country into trouble; also written as [[误国欺君|誤國欺君|wu4 guo2 qi1 jun1]]

to be afraid of the powerful but treat the weak with cruelty or contempt

(idiom) to deceive someone by using a reasonable-sounding argument or a pretense of logic; typically applied to a person of integrity who is misled by their own sense of decency or fairness

to remain strong and unyielding in harsh conditions; literally "overcoming frost and braving snow"

braving snow and frosting over; to maintain one's integrity and remain steadfast and unyielding despite harsh conditions or pressure

To curry favor with those in power while treating those below with arrogance or cruelty

To deceive heaven and earth; describes acting completely against one's conscience.

a person of noble character may be misled by something that appears plausible or follows moral principles; to trick an honest person using their own goodness or logic

to beat a dog and bully its owner; used to describe humiliating someone indirectly by mistreating their subordinate or someone under their protection

to remain upright and honest even when alone in a private place where no one can see; to have a clear conscience

An idiom meaning one should not covet or have an affair with a friend's wife.

to repeatedly hide the truth and dupe others; to hoodwink or deceive someone through lies

to hide the truth from those above while oppressing or bullying those below

To deceive people and cause confusion in customs and social standards

to lie to or withhold the truth from the ruler