break away from central authority and exercise local power
Related Translations:
称雄: hold sway over a region; rule the roost 短语和例子割据称雄 break away from central authority and exercise local power; set up separationist rule
割据: set up a separatist regime by force of arms 短语和例子封建割据 feudal separatist rule; 军阀割据 separatist warlord regimes; 工农武装割据 an armed independent regime of workers and peasants
称雄一时: once ruled the roost; swagger like a conquering hero for a time