只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯

zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng

释义

1. only the official is allowed to light the fire
2. Gods may do what cattle may not
3. quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi

只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 的构成词

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 不许 bù xǔ: not to allow
• 只 zhǐ: only
• 官 guān: government official
• 州 zhōu: prefecture
• 放 fàng: to put
• 火 huǒ: fire
• 灯 dēng: lamp
• 百 bǎi: hundred
• 只 zhī: grain that has begun to ripen
• 许 xǔ: to allow
• 点 diǎn: point
• 放火 fàng huǒ: to set on fire
• 百姓 bǎi xìng: common people
• 姓 xìng: family name