威风 (威風)
wēi fēng
Pinyin

Definition

威风 (威風)
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wēi fēng
  1. might
  2. awe-inspiring authority
  3. impressive

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable

Idioms (6)

作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
  1. 1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people

Sample Sentences

她不容易？吃香的喝辣的，坐奔驰，开宝马，住别墅。还有一群保镖跟着，要有多威风就有多威风。要不怎么说，女人有心计就能成功。
tā bù róngyì ？chī xiāng de hē là de ，zuò Bēnchí ，kāi Bǎomǎ ，zhù biéshù 。hái yǒu yī qún bǎobiāo gēn zhe ，yào yǒu duō wēifēng jiù yǒu duō wēifēng 。yàobu zěnme shuō ，nǚrén yǒu xīnjì jiù néng chénggōng 。
Her life is tough? She wines and dines, rides in Mercedes and drives a BMW and lives in a villa. She has a big entourage wherever she goes. What a charmed life! She exemplifies how a calculating and manipulative woman can succeed in life.
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那多麻烦呀，斑竹也不是天天在线。还是自己的博客好，凡事自己做主，很威风的！
nà duō máfan yā ，bānzhú yě bù shì tiāntiān zàixiàn 。háishì zìjǐde bókè hǎo ，fánshì zìjǐ zuòzhǔ ，hěn wēifēng de ！
It's so much trouble, and the moderators aren't online all the time. It's still better to have your own blog. You're always your own boss-- what a feeling of power!
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你怎么长他人志气，灭自己威风呢？是兄弟的，就该帮帮我。
nǐ zěnme zhǎng tārén zhìqì ，miè zìjǐ wēifēng ne ？shì xiōngdì de ，jiù gāi bāng bang wǒ 。
Why are you building him up and putting me down? We're brothers, you should help me.
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