下车作威
xià​chē​zuò​wēi

initial show of force

  • created sense approved 下车作威/下車作威 · xià​chē​zuò​wēi · initial show of force — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下车作威 / 下車作威

    xià​chē​zuò​wēi

    initial show of force

    to display one's power or authority immediately upon taking up a new post

    下车 (literal) → 下车/下車 · xià​chē · to take office 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to do 威 (bound) → 威 · wēi · might

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense