威震天下

Mandarin · pinyin wēi zhèn tiān xià

Meanings

  1. to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
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威
wēi · pomp, power; powerful; dominate
震
zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
下
xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
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1–4–1–4 · wei1 zhen4 tian1 xia4

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wai1 zan3 tin1 haa6

Cantonese word readings for 威震天下. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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wai1 zan3 tin1 haa6

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