yào​wǔ​yáng​wēi

to flaunt one's strength

  • created sense approved 耀武扬威/耀武揚威 · yào​wǔ​yáng​wēi · to flaunt one's strength — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耀武扬威 / 耀武揚威

    yào​wǔ​yáng​wēi

    to flaunt one's strength

    to show off one's military power or influence; to strut around in an arrogant or blustering manner

    耀 (literal) → 耀 · yào · to show off 武 (literal) → 武 · wǔ · martial 扬 (literal) → 扬/揚 · yáng · to spread 威 (literal) → 威 · wēi · might

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

    created sense