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"1": "惟 辟 作 福，惟 辟 作 威",
"2": "Only the king awards. Only the king punishes.",
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"expansion": "惟辟作福，惟辟作威 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Documents, circa 4ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ century BCE\nwéi pì zuò fú, wéi pì zuò wēi [Pinyin]\nOnly the king awards. Only the king punishes.",
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"etymology_text": "From 《尚書·洪範》.\n:\n惟辟作福，惟辟作威 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Documents, circa 4ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ century BCE\nwéi pì zuò fú, wéi pì zuò wēi [Pinyin]\nOnly the king awards. Only the king punishes.",
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"glosses": [
"to openly abuse power; to tyrannize"
],
"id": "en-作威作福-zh-verb-t92t74Cc",
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"openly",
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"zh-pron": "zuòwēizuòfú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "zok³ wai¹ zok³ fuk¹"
},
{
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "zuòwēizuòfú"
},
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"zh-pron": "zuòweizuòfú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tso⁴-wei¹-tso⁴-fu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dzwò-wēi-dzwò-fú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzuohueitzuohfwu"
},
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"Mandarin",
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],
"zh-pron": "цзовэйцзофу"
},
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"zh-pron": "czovɛjczofu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "jok wāi jok fūk"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh-pron": "dzok⁸ wai¹ dzok⁸ fuk⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "zog³ wei¹ zog³ fug¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/"
}
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"word": "作威作福"
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"to openly abuse power; to tyrannize"
],
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"openly",
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"abuse",
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"power",
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"tyrannize",
"tyrannize"
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"zh-pron": "zuòwēizuòfú"
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
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"zh-pron": "zok³ wai¹ zok³ fuk¹"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "zuòwēizuòfú"
},
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],
"zh-pron": "zuòweizuòfú"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tso⁴-wei¹-tso⁴-fu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dzwò-wēi-dzwò-fú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzuohueitzuohfwu"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзовэйцзофу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czovɛjczofu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "jok wāi jok fūk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzok⁸ wai¹ dzok⁸ fuk⁷"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "zog³ wei¹ zog³ fug¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/"
}
],
"word": "作威作福"
}
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