Refers to extremely greedy, tyrannical, and cruel individuals or forces, often oppressors or invaders.
那个工厂主像封豕长蛇，不断地剥削工人的劳动成果。
The factory owner was like a ferocious boar and a long serpent, continuously exploiting the fruits of his workers' labor.
Era:
Ancient
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During the Spring and Autumn period, Wu Zixu fled to the State of Wu. He helped King Helü of Wu revive his state and, taking advantage of internal strife in the State of Chu, launched an expedition against Chu, exhuming and flogging King Ping of Chu's corpse.
Wu Zixu's former friend, Shen Baoxu, was ordered by King Zhao of Chu to seek help from the State of Qin.
Before Duke Ai of Qin, Shen Baoxu described Wu as a "ferocious boar and long serpent," claiming that once Wu occupied Chu, it would expand northward. Duke Ai of Qin then sent troops to aid Chu.
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