rain down, the Handiwork of an Autocratic Roué

A letter from the Chinese dissident Xu Zhangrun, 許章潤 currently under house arrest in Beijing: “Of course, the regime has rained down punishments on me for my criticisms; I expected that. It only exposes its inherent fragility and unfitness for the modern world.”



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autocrat

/ˈɔːtəkrat/

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noun

1. a ruler who has absolute power.

   "like many autocrats, Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive"

   Similar:

   absolute ruler

   dictator

   despot

   tyrant

   monocrat

   authoritarian

   absolutist

   • an imperious person who insists on complete obedience from others.

     "Eva was an autocrat—people didn't argue unless they had a lot of courage"

rouein British English

NOUN

a man given to immoral living

rain down

vi. 雨點般落下；連珠炮似地發出 · vt. 使大量降落；連珠炮似地說出 ...