拥兵自重 (擁兵自重)
yōng bīng zì zhòng
Pinyin

Definition

拥兵自重 (擁兵自重)
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yōng bīng zì zhòng
  1. (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (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)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)