威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
Pinyin

Definition

威福自己
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wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
幸福
xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
祝福
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)
威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable
威胁
wēi xié
  1. 1 to threaten
  2. 2 to menace
家乐福
Jiā lè fú
  1. 1 Carrefour, French supermarket chain
己
jǐ
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  4. 4 sixth in order
  5. 5 letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  6. 6 hexa
挪威
Nuó wēi
  1. 1 Norway
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
独自
dú zì
  1. 1 alone

Idioms (20)

一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事不关己
shì bù guān jǐ
  1. 1 a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
  1. 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
  2. 2 (any number of possible translations)
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
  1. 1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
  2. 2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
  1. 1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)

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