洪水猛兽 (hóng shuǐ měng shòu) — (idiom) great scourge; something extremely dangerous and harmful
Definition
An idiom painting an extreme threat: 'floods and fierce beasts' — used for anything (a technology, an idea, a policy) feared as devastating and savage.
idiom
great scourgesomething extremely dangerous and harmful
Examples
- ，洪水猛兽。Zài yǒu xiē rén kàn lái, hù lián wǎng jiù xiàng hóng shuǐ měng shòu yí yàng kě pà.In some people's eyes, the internet is as terrifying as floods and fierce beasts.
- 洪水猛兽。Zhàn zhēng duì pǔ tōng bǎi xìng lái shuō wú yì yú hóng shuǐ měng shòu.War is no different from a great scourge for ordinary people.
- 洪水猛兽，。Tā men bǎ xīn de sī xiǎng shì wéi hóng shuǐ měng shòu, jiān jué fǎn duì.They regarded the new ideas as a terrible scourge and firmly opposed them.
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