作威作福 — Chinese idiom
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
Meaning
- tyrannical abuse ; riding roughshod over people
Character by character
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 威wēimight, power, prestige; to dominate
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 福fúhappiness, good fortune, blessings
Idioms sharing a character
- 并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 呼牛作马 hū niú zuò mǎ
- 回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ
- 天作之合 tiān zuò zhī hé
- 天公作美 tiān gōng zuò měi
- 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
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