- 1. leader of feudal lords
- ♦ 春秋五~ the Five Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.)
- 2. tyrant; despot; bully
- ♦ 他是地方一~。 He is a local despot.
- 3. hegemonist power; hegemonism; hegemony
- ♦ 争霸
- ♦ 军阀割据, 各~一方。 The country was torn by warlordism, with each warlord dominating a region.