Translations for „high-handed“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

high-handed ADJ

high-handed

专横的 zhuānhèngde

high-handed

霸道的 bàdàode

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Governors who were too high-handed or injudicious in the exercise of their office occasionally fell foul of the local political institutions.

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If a candidate or reporter does it today, there's a good chance they'll be trolled and ridiculed for high-handed pretension.

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However, soon discontent with the high-handed policies of the radicals began to grow.

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He is rather vain and high-handed and is therefore often unjust.

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In a later press conference, the opposition lawmakers condemned the arrest as high-handed.

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However, he was never the most tactful or sensitive of people, and frequently antagonised his neighbours with his high-handed and snobbish attitude towards them.

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This is dysfunctional response to high-handed and out-of-touch autocracies is classic.

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These deletions from the report reflect the authority's high-handed approach to the public's right to know.

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It may have been such high-handed behaviour which gave rise to the numerous complaints which were made in 1411-2.

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On the other hand he had serious character flaws, being high-handed, quarrelsome and undiplomatic.

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