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HSK
to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force
HSK 7-9
authority / authoritative / power and prestige
HSK 7-9
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
to deter
HSK 7-9
to cheer for / to encourage / to boost the morale of
HSK 7-9
Zimbabwe (Tw)
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
Venice / Venezia
Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Li Chaowei (c. 766-c. 820), Tang writer of fantasy fiction 傳奇|传奇, author of 柳毅傳|柳毅传
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power / might / prestige
Norway
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Westminster Abbey, London
Hawaii, US state
majestic / awe-inspiring presence / impressive power
Wilson (name)
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Visa (credit card)
prestige
William or Wilhelm (name)
Warwick (name) / University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
bold and powerful
Rottweiler (dog breed)
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
Roewe (brand)
to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance
Yahweh
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
Hanover
lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
Willis (name)
dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
Budweiser (beer)
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
to inspire awe
Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
Kingway (Chinese beer brand)
might / formidable
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
might / power and influence
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
Wei county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Greenwich
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
Wales, constituent nation of UK
prestige / renown / influence
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse
Auschwitz (concentration camp)
to lose every scrap of reputation
policy of nuclear intimidation
fierce / formidable
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961
coercion / to intimidate
(loanword) stunt wires
nuclear deterrence
Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
power and virtue
august / majestic
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
grave and dignified
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
Budweiser beer
Louis Vuitton (brand)
Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984 一九八四年
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Hawaii, US state
Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star / Dewey (name)
(Tw) Weimar, Germany
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984
Powell (name)
Wiltshire (English county)
Wisconsin
macadamia nut
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
to make threats and promises
New South Wales, southeast Australian state
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
potential threat / potential menace
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw) / Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
Greenwich
Wisconsin, US state
(protest) demonstration
a show of strength
Wichita (city in Kansas)
authoritative

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