作威作福 [－－－－]

Jyutping zok3 wai1 zok3 fuk1
Pinyin zuò wēi zuò fú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    炫耀​自己​嘅​權​勢​，​更​用​佢​嚟​周​圍​蝦​蝦​霸​霸
    to show off and bully; to act scornfully and abusively
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to openly abuse power; to tyrannize
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    作威作福
    作威作福
    zok3 wai1 zok3 fuk1
    • to act scornfully and abusively
  2. Cantonese
    呢个恶霸成日同佢啲党羽作威作福。
    呢個惡霸成日同佢啲黨羽作威作福。
    ni1 go3 ok3 baa3 seng4 jat6 tung4 keoi5 di1 dong2 jyu5 zok3 wai1 zok3 fuk1.
    • This thug terrorizes the streets with his gang.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    以致全国解放了两年以后的今天，还有许多封建残余势力，站在建筑工人群众头上，作威作福。
    以致全國解放了兩年以後的今天，還有許多封建殘餘勢力，站在建築工人羣眾頭上，作威作福。
    yǐ zhì quán guó jiě fàng le liǎng nián yǐ hòu de jīn tiān ， hái yǒu xǔ duō fēng jiàn cán yú shì lì ， zhàn zài jiàn zhù gōng rén qún zhòng tóu shang ， zuò wēi zuò fú ．
    • Such that even two years after the national liberation, many remaining feudal factions are still able to abuse their power on the masses and the workers.