施威

xiàng mín zhòng shī wēi

向民众施威

exercise one's power over the common people

guó wáng shī wēi yú chén mín shì wán quán kě yǐ jiē shòu de yī zhǒng qíng xing

国王施威于臣民是完全可以接受的一种情形。

A king who exercises his authority over his subjects is quite acceptable.