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HSK
to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
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
to make threats and promises
policy of nuclear intimidation
Wisconsin, US state
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
to cheer for / to encourage / to boost the morale of
HSK 7-9
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power / might / prestige
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
William or Wilhelm (name)
Venice / Venezia
Hawaii island
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
whiskey (loanword)
Hawaii, US state
Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
Hawaii, US state
military threat
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
(idiom) to have an aura of authority; to have a commanding presence
authority / authoritative / power and prestige
HSK 7-9
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
New South Wales (Australian state)
to threaten / to coerce / to intimidate
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
(Tw) Weimar, Germany
Norway
Joko Widodo (1961-), Indonesian politician, president of Indonesia (2014-)
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
potential threat / potential menace
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Wales, constituent nation of UK
Budweiser beer
Segway PT
Greenwich
not to submit to force
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
Wilson (name)
rally
(loanword) stunt wires
to inspire awe
authoritative
a show of strength
national prestige
Wei County or Weixian, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
whiskey (loanword)
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
to establish one's authority
prestige / renown / influence
Auschwitz concentration camp
Louis Vuitton (brand)
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse
Kuwait
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
vermouth (loanword)
Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)
macadamia nut
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
authoritative / (having) authority
lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
power and virtue
coercion / to intimidate
to intimidate
Wisconsin, US state
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
sit-in protest demonstration
Wiltshire (English county)
Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Powell (name)
wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
Xuanwei, a county-level city in Qujing City 曲靖市, Yunnan
Warwick (name) / University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
Waikiki (Hawaii)
prestige
Roewe (brand)
to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force
HSK 7-9
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
Auschwitz (concentration camp)
Welsh (language)
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

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