倚勢凌人
yǐ​shì​líng​rén

to throw one's weight around

  • created sense approved 倚势凌人/倚勢凌人 · yǐ​shì​líng​rén · to throw one's weight around — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倚势凌人 / 倚勢凌人

    yǐ​shì​líng​rén

    to throw one's weight around

    to rely on one's power or influence to bully or insult others

    倚势 (literal) → 倚势/倚勢 · yǐ​shì · to rely on power 凌人 (literal) → 凌人 · líng​rén · to insult

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

    created sense