wáng​bà

kingly way and way of the hegemon

wáng​bà kingly way and way of the hegemon

  1. king
    king; monarch; sovereign; the highest title of nobility below the emperor
  2. hegemon
    a powerful leader or feudal chief in ancient China, such as the 春秋五霸 chūn​qiū​wǔ​bà; also used for a modern dominant power

wáng​bà to rule as king or hegemon

  1. to rule
    (literary) to reign over; to rule over a kingdom; to be king over
  2. to dominate
    to lord over; to rule by force or to illegally seize control of something