恩威兼施

Traditional form:

恩威兼施

Pinyin (reading):

ēnwēijiānshī

Definitions:

• to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)

Characters:

• 恩 - kindness, mercy, charity
• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 兼 - both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname

Traditional characters:

• 恩 - kindness, mercy, charity
• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 兼 - both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname