to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
trad. 耀武揚威
Also written 耀武揚威【yào wǔ yáng wēi】
Characters in this word
4耀
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brilliant, glorious
- Pinyin
- yào
- Strokes
- 20
武
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surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 23564 of 2500
扬
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abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu, surname Yang
- Pinyin
- Yáng
- Traditional
- 揚
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 23845 of 2500
威
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power, might, prestige
- Pinyin
- wēi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8244 of 2500