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恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
What 恩威兼施 means
- to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
The characters in 恩威兼施
- 恩ēnfavor; grace; kindness; (colloquial) used like 嗯
- 威wēipower; might; prestige
- 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
- 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
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