独霸一方霸据一方dú bà yī fāngbe a local despot; lord it over a district; the terror of the neighbourhood; usurp authority in the whole neighbourhood
❍ 那个～的人已被逮捕。The man who has lorded it over a district has been arrested.
❍ 辛亥革命后，他～，为非作歹。After the 1911 Revolution he became a local despot and perpetrated outrages. 独霸一方dú bà yī fānɡ独自霸占一块地盘。be a local despot, lord it over a district, wieled absolute power in a part of a district |