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Beetle country down the garden path
  Explanation: Against the State and the people. With the "worm-eaten country harm the people."
  Source: "History of the Ming Chuan Fang from the philosophy": "on behalf of the business Yao tax, beetles country down the garden path."
  Examples: He objects most worthy of world hate? ~ Morrow monk. ★ Qing Chen Chen, "Water Margin after the transfer," the twenty-first back
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  蠹国殃民
  dù guó yāng mín
  〖解释〗危害国家和人民。同“蠹国害民”。
  〖出处〗《明史·方从哲传》:“代营榷税,蠹国殃民。”
  〖示例〗世间何物最堪憎?~莫若僧。 ★清·陈忱《水浒后传》第二十一回