拿著雞毛當令箭

1. • to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

Character by character

• 拿(ná)hold
• 著(zhe)aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 雞(jī)fowl
• 毛(máo)surname Mao
• 當(dàng)at or in the very same...
• 令(lìng)order
• 箭(jiàn)arrow