臣民

jūn zhǔ jí tā de chén mín

君主及他的臣民

monarch and his subjects

guó wáng wài róu nèi gāng de tǒng zhì tā de chén mín

国王外柔内刚地统治他的臣民。

The king governs his people with an iron hand in a velvet glove.