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作威作福

作威作福

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Chinese

		to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	power; might; prestige	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
trad. (作威作福)		作	威	作	福
simp. ^#(作威作福)		作	威	作	福
Literally: “to punish and award”.

Etymology

From 《尚書·洪範》.

惟辟作福，惟辟作威 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

wéi pì zuò fú, wéi pì zuò wēi [Pinyin]

Only the king awards. Only the king punishes.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòwēizuòfú

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok³ wai¹ zok³ fuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòwēizuòfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòweizuòfú
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-wei¹-tso⁴-fu²
  - Yale: dzwò-wēi-dzwò-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohueitzuohfwu
  - Palladius: цзовэйцзофу (czovɛjczofu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zok³ wai¹ zok³ fuk¹
  - Yale: jok wāi jok fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzok⁸ wai¹ dzok⁸ fuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zog³ wei¹ zog³ fug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːk̚³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ fʊk̚⁵/

Verb

作威作福

to openly abuse power; to tyrannize

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