恩威并重
ēn​wēi​bìng​zhòng

carrot and stick

  • created sense approved 恩威并重/恩威並重 · ēn​wēi​bìng​zhòng · carrot and stick — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恩威并重 / 恩威並重

    ēn​wēi​bìng​zhòng

    carrot and stick

    to apply both kindness and severity; to balance mercy with authority; exercise of both favor and intimidation

    恩 (literal) → 恩 · ēn · kindness 威 (literal) → 威 · wēi · might 并重 (literal) → 并重/並重 · bìng​zhòng · to lay equal stress on; to be equally important

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

    created sense