擁兵自重

(of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government

to hold / to embrace / to wrap around / to gather around (sb) / to throng / to swarm / to support / Taiwan pr. [yong3]

to hold in one's arms; to embrace / to surround; to gather around / to throng; to swarm / (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]) / (literary) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [yong3]

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to conduct oneself with dignity / to be dignified / deadweight

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

heavy / serious / to attach importance to