威望
wēi wàng
Pinyin

Definition

威望
 - 
wēi wàng
  1. prestige

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

希望
xī wàng
  1. 1 to wish for
  2. 2 to desire
  3. 3 hope
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
仰望
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
凝望
níng wàng
  1. 1 to gaze at
  2. 2 to stare fixedly at
助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state

Idioms (20)

一望无垠
yī wàng wú yín
  1. 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
yī wàng wú jì
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
不孚众望
bù fú zhòng wàng
  1. 1 not living up to expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 failing to inspire confidence among people
  3. 3 unpopular
不负众望
bù fù zhòng wàng
  1. 1 to live up to expectations (idiom)

Sample Sentences

怎么个有威望法？有没有说他专制独裁贪污腐败？
zěnme gè yǒu wēiwàng fǎ ？yǒumeiyǒu shuō tā zhuānzhì dúcái tānwū fǔbài ？
How can he be prestigious? Wasn't he a greedy and corrupt autocrat and dictator?
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我们以前有个台湾同学，我们混熟了以后也讨论过蒋介石，说在台湾人心里，蒋介石也是一个很有威望的领袖。
wǒmen yǐqián yǒu gè Táiwān tóngxué ，wǒmen hùnshú le yǐhòu yě tǎolùn guò Jiǎng Jièshí ，shuō zài Táiwānrén xīnli ，Jiǎng Jièshí yě shì yī gè hěn yǒu wēiwàng de lǐngxiù 。
We used to have a Taiwanese classmate and after we came to know each other well, we talked about Chiang Kai-shek. He said that in the eyes of the Taiwanese, Chiang Kai-shek was a prestigious leader.
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