德威並用
dé​wēi​bìng​yòng

carrot and stick

  • created sense approved 德威并用/德威並用 · dé​wēi​bìng​yòng · carrot and stick — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    德威并用 / 德威並用

    dé​wēi​bìng​yòng

    carrot and stick

    to employ both kindness and severity; to use both grace and power simultaneously to control others

    德 (literal) → 德 · dé · kindness 威 (literal) → 威 · wēi · might 并用 (literal) → 并用/並用 · bìng​yòng · to use simultaneously

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

    created sense