恩威兼施 — Chinese idiom
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
Meaning
- to employ both kindness and severity
Character by character
- 恩ēnkindness, mercy, charity
- 威wēimight, power, prestige; to dominate
- 兼jiānboth, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
- 施shīto grant, to bestow; to act; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 刻薄寡恩 kè bó guǎ ēn
- 千恩万谢 qiān ēn wàn xiè
- 忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì
- 恩同再造 ēn tóng zài zào
- 恩将仇报 ēn jiāng chóu bào
- 恩比天大 ēn bǐ tiān dà
- 感恩图报 gǎn ēn tú bào
- 知遇之恩 zhī yù zhī ēn
- 不怒而威 bù nù ér wēi
- 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú
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