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HSK
to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
to deter
HSK 7-9
Wisconsin, US state
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
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  *威* | 威* | *威
power / might / prestige
William or Wilhelm (name)
Venice / Venezia
deterrent force / deterrent
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
whiskey (loanword)
to make threats and promises
to lose every scrap of reputation
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
majestic / awe-inspiring presence / impressive power
dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
to threaten / to coerce / to intimidate
Wales, constituent nation of UK
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
not to submit to force
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
to inspire awe
whiskey (loanword)
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
might / power and influence
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
Wilson (name)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
awe-inspiring / majestic
Wei County or Weixian, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
vermouth (loanword)
Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)
power and virtue
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
coercion / to intimidate
Wisconsin, US state
(loanword) stunt wires
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
Wiltshire (English county)
wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
Waikiki (Hawaii)
prestige
Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Visa (credit card)
Wichita (city in Kansas)
Willis (name)
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw) / Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
august / majestic
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
grave and dignified
might / formidable
Welsh (language)
wafer / wafer cookie
awe-inspiring / power
to intimidate
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
(Tw) Weimar, Germany
fierce / formidable
Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County, in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市, Guizhou
Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)
Wisconsin
bold and powerful
Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
Westminster Abbey, London
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
Williamsburg, Virginia


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