地頭蛇

地头蛇
dìtóushé
  1. local bully
  2. tyrant
  3. regional mafia boss

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) local bully; peremptory or tyrannical local
  2. local bully; peremptory or tyrannical local

Wiktionary

  1. 地方上蠻橫無理的人。
  2. 熟悉地方、事物的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 地頭 dìtóu
  1. place
  2. locality
  3. edge of a field
  4. lower margin of a page
=2 蛇 shé variant of 蛇 shé
=2 蛇 shé
  1. snake
  2. serpent

classifier: 條

Containing this entry

強龍不壓地頭蛇 qiánglóngbùyādìtóushé lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law

Related entries

僭主 jiànzhǔ
  1. tyrant
  2. usurper
暴君 bàojūn
  1. tyrant
  2. despot
尽管受到暴君的迫害，英雄还顽强地斗争。

In spite of the tyrant’s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.

Source: Tatoeba

豪強 háoqiáng
  1. despot
  2. tyrant
  3. bully
霸 bà
  1. hegemon
  2. tyrant
  3. lord
  4. feudal chief
  5. to rule by force
  6. to usurp
  7. (in modern advertising) master