恩威并用
ēn​wēi​bìng​yòng

to use both carrot and stick

  • created reference approved 恩威并用/恩威並用 → 恩威并行/恩威並行 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恩威并用 / 恩威並用 ēn​wēi​bìng​yòng

    恩威并行 / 恩威並行 ēn​wēi​bìng​xíng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 恩威并用/恩威並用 · ēn​wēi​bìng​yòng · to use both carrot and stick — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恩威并用 / 恩威並用

    ēn​wēi​bìng​yòng

    to use both carrot and stick

    to apply both kindness and severity at the same time, or to use rewards and punishments together to manage people

    恩 (literal) → 恩 · ēn · 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