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to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
to deter
HSK 7-9
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
grave and dignified
coercion / to intimidate
Wisconsin
Venice / Venezia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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power / might / prestige
William or Wilhelm (name)
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
dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
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)
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
might / formidable
might / power and influence
Wales, constituent nation of UK
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
(loanword) stunt wires
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
Wisconsin, US state
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)
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
Weizhou town, seat of Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县 in northwest Sichuan
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
Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Williamsburg, Virginia
Waikiki (Hawaii)
wafer / wafer cookie
Visa (credit card)
Wichita (city in Kansas)
whiskey (loanword)
Westminster Abbey, London
fierce / formidable
Wiltshire (English county)
(Tw) Weimar, Germany
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
awe-inspiring / majestic
whiskey (loanword)
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
Wisconsin, US state
vermouth (loanword)
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
awe-inspiring / power
majestic / awe-inspiring presence / impressive power


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