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威
武
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Jyutping
wai1 mou5
Pinyin
wēi wǔ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
might
formidable
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
to look powerful and mighty
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
武力同權威
might and power
威武不能屈
威武不能屈
wai1 mou5 bat1 nang4 wat1.
Though I am powerful, I ought to win over others through virtue and kindness.
形容詞
形容人好有氣勢,孔武有力(通常指個樣)
(to look) powerful; (to seem) mighty
佢好威武。
佢好威武。
keoi5 hou1 wai1 mou5.
He looks powerful.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
adj
mighty; powerful; formidable
(syn.) 洸洸
noun
might; power
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
富贵不能迷乱他的思想,贫贱不能改变他的操守,威武不能压服他的意志,这就是大丈夫的本分。
富貴不能迷亂他的思想,貧賤不能改變他的操守,威武不能壓服他的意志,這就是大丈夫的本分。
fù guì bù néng mí luàn tā de sī xiǎng , pín jiàn bù néng gǎi biàn tā de cāo shǒu , wēi wǔ bù néng yā fú tā de yì zhì , zhè jiù shì dà zhàng fu de běn fèn 。
Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
威武不能屈
威武不能屈
wai1 mou5 bat1 nang4 wat1.
Though I am powerful, I ought to win over others through virtue and kindness.
Cantonese
佢好威武。
佢好威武。
keoi5 hou1 wai1 mou5.
He looks powerful.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
军事家活动的舞台建筑在客观物质条件的上面,然而军事家凭着这个舞台,却可以导演出许多有声有色威武雄壮的活剧来。
軍事家活動的舞台建築在客觀物質條件的上面,然而軍事家憑着這個舞台,卻可以導演出許多有聲有色威武雄壯的活劇來。
jūn shì jiā huó dòng de wǔ tái jiàn zhù zài kè guān wù zhì tiáo jiàn de shàng miàn , ránér jūn shì jiā píng zhe zhè ge wǔ tái , què kě yǐ dǎo yǎn chū xǔ duō yǒu shēng yǒu sè wēi wǔ xióng zhuàng de huó jù lái .
The stage of action for military people is built upon objective material conditions, but on that stage they can direct the performance of many a drama, full of sound and colour, power and grandeur.