See 威武 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
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"ref": " Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Jiào zhī yǐ dào, dǎo zhī yǐ dé ér bù tīng, zé lín zhī yǐ wēiwǔ; lín zhī wēiwǔ ér bù cóng, zé zhì zhī yǐ bīnggé. Gù shèngrén zhī yòngbīng yě, ruò zhì fà nòu miáo, suǒ qù zhě shào, ér suǒ lì zhě duō.",
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"text": "教之以道，導之以德而不聽，則臨之以威武；臨之威武而不從，則制之以兵革。故聖人之用兵也，若櫛髮耨苗，所去者少，而所利者多。",
"translation": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
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"text": "教之以道，导之以德而不听，则临之以威武；临之威武而不从，则制之以兵革。故圣人之用兵也，若栉发耨苗，所去者少，而所利者多。",
"translation": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ui³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "guāngguāng",
"tags": [
"literary",
"uncommon"
],
"word": "洸洸"
}
],
"word": "威武"
}
{
"anagrams": [
{
"word": "武威"
}
],
"categories": [
"Chinese adjectives",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms spelled with 威",
"Chinese terms spelled with 武",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Eastern Min adjectives",
"Eastern Min lemmas",
"Eastern Min nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"head_templates": [
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"1": "zh",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "威武",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "quánshì",
"word": "權勢"
},
{
"roman": "quánshì",
"word": "权势"
},
{
"roman": "wǔlì",
"word": "武力"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chinese literary terms",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Literary Chinese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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[
0,
5
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
2
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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22,
31
]
],
"english": "unyielding in face of authority",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese"
],
"roman": "wēiwǔ bùnéng qū",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "威武不能屈",
"translation": "unyielding in face of authority",
"type": "example"
},
{
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[
57,
62
],
[
72,
77
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],
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[
17,
19
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[
22,
24
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
74,
79
]
],
"english": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese"
],
"ref": " Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Jiào zhī yǐ dào, dǎo zhī yǐ dé ér bù tīng, zé lín zhī yǐ wēiwǔ; lín zhī wēiwǔ ér bù cóng, zé zhì zhī yǐ bīnggé. Gù shèngrén zhī yòngbīng yě, ruò zhì fà nòu miáo, suǒ qù zhě shào, ér suǒ lì zhě duō.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Traditional-Chinese"
],
"text": "教之以道，導之以德而不聽，則臨之以威武；臨之威武而不從，則制之以兵革。故聖人之用兵也，若櫛髮耨苗，所去者少，而所利者多。",
"translation": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
"type": "quote"
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57,
62
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72,
77
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17,
19
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22,
24
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[
74,
79
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"english": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese"
],
"ref": " Huainanzi, 2ⁿᵈ century BCE",
"roman": "Jiào zhī yǐ dào, dǎo zhī yǐ dé ér bù tīng, zé lín zhī yǐ wēiwǔ; lín zhī wēiwǔ ér bù cóng, zé zhì zhī yǐ bīnggé. Gù shèngrén zhī yòngbīng yě, ruò zhì fà nòu miáo, suǒ qù zhě shào, ér suǒ lì zhě duō.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin",
"Simplified-Chinese"
],
"text": "教之以道，导之以德而不听，则临之以威武；临之威武而不从，则制之以兵革。故圣人之用兵也，若栉发耨苗，所去者少，而所利者多。",
"translation": "Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"might; power"
],
"links": [
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"might",
"might"
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[
"power",
"power"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) might; power"
],
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}
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"sounds": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wēiwǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄨˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai¹ mou⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Foochow-Romanized"
],
"zh_pron": "ŭi-ū"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ui-bú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wēiwǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄟ ㄨˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "weiwǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wei¹-wu³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wēi-wǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "ueiwuu"
},
{
"roman": "vɛju",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вэйу"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "wai¹ mou⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wāi móuh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wai¹ mou⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "wei¹ mou⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɐi̯⁵⁵ mou̯¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Fuzhou",
"Foochow-Romanized"
],
"zh_pron": "ŭi-ū"
},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁵⁵⁻⁵³ u³³/",
"tags": [
"Min-Dong",
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ui-bú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh_pron": "ui-bú"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "ui'buo"
},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ui³³ bu⁵⁵⁴/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ui⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/",
"raw_tags": [
"General Taiwanese"
],
"tags": [
"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou",
"IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "威武"
}
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