威尊命贱 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 威尊命賤 wēizūnmìngjiàn ㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ the dignity of authority is above life one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order idiom Character by character 威(wēi)power 尊(zūn)senior 命(mìng)life 贱(jiàn)inexpensive A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0