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HSK
to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
authority / authoritative / power and prestige
HSK 7-9
to deter
HSK 7-9
to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force
HSK 7-9
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
to cheer for / to encourage / to boost the morale of
HSK 7-9
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
Kuwait
Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
grave and dignified
coercion / to intimidate
Wisconsin
Venice / Venezia
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
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power / might / prestige
William or Wilhelm (name)
Norway
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
prestige
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
Wilson (name)
power and virtue
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
to establish one's authority
dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
Powell (name)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Hawaii, US state
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
national prestige
Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw) / Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
Malawi (Tw)
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
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
might / formidable
New South Wales, southeast Australian state
might / power and influence
Wales, constituent nation of UK
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
(loanword) stunt wires
(Tw) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
Wisconsin, US state
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
Wei county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
deterrent force / deterrent
august / majestic
to make threats and promises
Welsh (language)
Zimbabwe (Tw)
nuclear deterrent
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
bold and powerful
Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)
to lose every scrap of reputation
Willis (name)
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
to threaten / to coerce / to intimidate
Lilongwe, capital of Malawi (Tw)
lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse
Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
Weizhou town, seat of Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县 in northwest Sichuan
Xuanwei, county-level city in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
a show of strength
Hanover
not to submit to force
to inspire awe
to intimidate
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
Budweiser (beer)
Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984
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
nuclear deterrence
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
macadamia nut
Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Auschwitz (concentration camp)
Budweiser beer
Hawaii island
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Warwick (name) / University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Hawaii, US state
Williamsburg, Virginia
New South Wales (Australian state)
Waikiki (Hawaii)
the haughty demeanor of a government official; high-and-mighty attitude towards the public
authoritative / (having) authority

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