畏天威 wèi tiān wēi

wèi tiān wēi phrase fear the majesty of heaven
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Chapter 15 二端 Two Beginnings in Scroll 6 of 春秋繁露 “Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals,” attributed to 董仲舒 Dong Zhongshu 179–104 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Dong, Queen, and Major tr. 2016, p. 178)

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