势 (勢) shì
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shì
noun power / authority
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 权力 (Guoyu '勢' n 1; Kroll 2015 '勢' 1) -
shì
noun
position of power
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the three principles of control of the state in 法家 Legalism, the other two being 法 'standards' and 術 'technique' (Wikipedia '法家') -
shì
noun
conditions / tendency
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 状况 (Guoyu '勢' n 5; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3; Unihan '勢') -
shì
noun
might / formidable power
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 威力 (Guoyu '勢' n 2; Kroll 2015 '勢' 1) -
shì
noun
posture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '勢' n 3; Kroll 2015 '勢' 2b) -
shì
noun
appearance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 形貌; for example, 山势 'mountain form' (Guoyu '勢' n 4) -
shì
noun
opportunity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3a) -
shì
noun
male reproductive organ
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In an animal (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 4)
Contained in
- 优势(優勢) superiority / dominance
- 欢势(歡勢) lively / full of vigor / vibrant / spirited
- 形势严峻(形勢嚴峻) in grave difficulties / the situation is grim
- 蓄势待发(蓄勢待發) to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
- 核势(核勢) nuclear potential
- 仗势欺人(仗勢欺人) to use one's position to bully people
- 威势(威勢) might / power and influence
- 审时度势(審時度勢) to evaluate the current situation and plan accordingly / to size up the situation
- 倚势(倚勢) to rely on force to influence others
- 核均势(核均勢) nuclear parity
- 打手势(打手勢) to wave [the hand] / to gesture
- 势均力敌(勢均力敵) equally matched
- 大张声势(大張聲勢) to spread one's voice wide / wide publicity
- 有权势者(有權勢者) person in power / the one with authority / the guy in charge
- 乘势(乘勢) to seize the opportunity
- 势利(勢利) snobbish
- 趋炎附势(趨炎附勢) to curry favor / playing up to those in power / social climbing
- 强势(強勢) strong / mighty
- 势在必得(勢在必得) to be determined to win
- 审度时势(審度時勢) to examine and judge the situation
- 劣势(劣勢) inferior / disadvantaged
- 占优势(占優勢) to hold a dominant position
- 声势浩大(聲勢浩大) imposing
- 恶势力(惡勢力) an evil force
- 大势(大勢) general circumstances / overall situation ; influential status ; large scale
- 宣传攻势(宣傳攻勢) marketing campaign
- 电动势(電動勢) electromotive force
- 时势造英雄(時勢造英雄) Time makes the man . The trend of events brings forth the hero.
- 势如破竹(勢如破竹) like a hot knife through butter / with irresistible force
- 机势(機勢) opportunity
- 姿势(姿勢) posture / position
- 势能(勢能) potential energy
- 态势(態勢) posture / situation
- 势必(勢必) to be bound to
- 山势(山勢) mountain form
- 势要(勢要) influential figure / powerful person
- 趁势(趁勢) to take advantage of a favorable situation / to use one's position of power as an opportunity
- 定势(定勢) attitude / mindset / prejudice
- 鼎足之势(鼎足之勢) competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation
- 打把势(打把勢) drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way)
- 狗仗人势(狗仗人勢) a dog menaces based on its master's power / to use one's position to threaten others
- 手势(手勢) gesture / sign / signal ; hand position
- 颓势(頹勢) a worsening situation / a declining fortune
- 弱势(弱勢) vulnerable / weak
- 国势日衰(國勢日衰) national decline
- 事势(事勢) state of affairs
- 大势所趋(大勢所趨) a general trend
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- 難勢第四十 Chapter 40: Difficulties with a Position of Power Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 36
- 卷八十三 志第五十九 河渠一 Volume 83 Treatises 59: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 31
- 卷一百二十一 載記第二十一 李雄 李班 李期 李壽 李勢 Volume 121 Records 21: Li Xiong; Li Ban; Li Qi; Li Shou; Li Shi Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 29
- 卷九十二 志第四十五 河渠二 Volume 92 Treatises 45: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
- 卷一百三十八 列傳第二十五: 康里脫脫 燕鐵木兒 伯顏 馬札兒台 脫脫 Volume 138 Biographies 25: Kanglituotuo, El Temür, Bayan, Mazhaertai, Toqto'a History of Yuan 元史 — count: 21
- 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 21
- 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
- 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 19
- 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 19
- 定勢第三十 Volume 30: Focus and Momentum The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons 文心雕龍 — count: 18
Collocations
- 势重 (勢重) 故治權則勢重 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 10
- 势位 (勢位) 勢位爵祿 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit — count: 5
- 势不便 (勢不便) 勢不便也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 4
- 任势 (任勢) 故能擇人而任勢 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 4
- 持势 (持勢) 豈必攝權持勢 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 4
- 势不可 (勢不可) 勢不可過 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 4
- 言势 (言勢) 而語專言勢之足以治天下者 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難勢第四十 Chapter 40: Difficulties with a Position of Power — count: 3
- 势尊 (勢尊) 大能成天子之勢尊 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 3
- 处势 (處勢) 處勢卑賤 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 孤憤第十一 Chapter 11: Cynicism — count: 3
- 失势 (失勢) 故人君失勢 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 3