Read Edit View history 畏威怀德 wèiwēihuáidé to respect power and cherish virtue Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 畏威怀德 畏威懷德 wèiwēihuáidé to respect power and cherish virtue To both fear someone's power or authority and feel grateful for their kindness; used to describe a people or subordinate who is fully won over by a ruler's combined strength and benevolence. Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Cross-References See 国语 guóyǔ左传 zuǒzhuàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
畏威怀德 畏威懷德 wèiwēihuáidé to respect power and cherish virtue To both fear someone's power or authority and feel grateful for their kindness; used to describe a people or subordinate who is fully won over by a ruler's combined strength and benevolence. Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Cross-References See 国语 guóyǔ左传 zuǒzhuàn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)