苛政猛于虎

tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)

severe / exacting

political / politics / government

ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]