Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
威武
might
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
might
02
formidable
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 威武 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 威武.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 威武.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 威武不能2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 威武
What does 威武 mean in Chinese?
威武 (wēiwǔ) means might.
How do you pronounce 威武?
威武 is pronounced wēiwǔ.
Is 威武 an HSK word?
威武 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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