威武

威武

1. mighty; powerful; formidable

• (literary, uncommon) 洸洸 (guāngguāng)

• 赳赳 (jiūjiū)

威武

1. (literary) might; power

   威武不能屈 [Classical Chinese]  ―  wēiwǔ bùnéng qū [Pinyin]  ―  unyielding in face of authority

   • 教之以道，導之以德而不聽，則臨之以威武；臨之威武而不從，則制之以兵革。故聖人之用兵也，若櫛髮耨苗，所去者少，而所利者多。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     教之以道，导之以德而不听，则临之以威武；临之威武而不从，则制之以兵革。故圣人之用兵也，若栉发耨苗，所去者少，而所利者多。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Jiào zhī yǐ dào, dǎo zhī yǐ dé ér bù tīng, zé lín zhī yǐ wēiwǔ; lín zhī wēiwǔ ér bù cóng, zé zhì zhī yǐ bīnggé. Gù shèngrén zhī yòngbīng yě, ruò zhì fà nòu miáo, suǒ qù zhě shào, ér suǒ lì zhě duō. [Pinyin]

     Guide with the Way and educate with virtue. If they do not comply, assert power over them. If they still refuse to obey, bring them into line with military force. Thus, when the sage employs military action, it is like combing hair or weeding a field—a small amount will be lost, yet the benefit must be significant.

• 權勢／权势 (quánshì)
• 武力 (wǔlì)

• (Tokyo) いぶ [íꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ibɯ̟]

威(い)武(ぶ) • (ibu) ^{←ゐぶ (wibu)?}

1. authority and military might

   威武(いぶ)を示(しめ)す

   ibu o shimesu

   to display one's authority and military might

• “威武”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025