势 (勢) shì
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noun
power / authority
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 权力 (Guoyu '勢' n 1; Kroll 2015 '勢' 1) -
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') -
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') -
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) -
noun
posture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '勢' n 3; Kroll 2015 '勢' 2b) -
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) -
noun
opportunity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3a) -
noun
male reproductive organ
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In an animal (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 4)
Contained in
- 趋势(趨勢) a trend / a tendency
- 优势(優勢) superiority / dominance
- 势在必行(勢在必行) circumstances that require action
- 占优势(占優勢) to hold a dominant position ; to predominate / to occupy a dominant position
- 形势(形勢) circumstances / situation ; exterior ; terrain ; authority ; battle formation
- 仗势欺人(仗勢欺人) to use one's position to bully people
- 弱势群体(弱勢群體) the disadvantaged / those who are economically and politically marginalized
- 气势(氣勢) a strong military force ; energy / vigor ; to rely on power ; bearing / imposing manner / loftiness
- 强势(強勢) strong / mighty
- 势头(勢頭) momentum /power ; circumstances / situation
- 地势(地勢) terrain
- 势力(勢力) power / influence / force
- 手势(手勢) gesture / sign / signal ; hand position
- 姿势(姿勢) posture / position
- 局势(局勢) situation
- 声势(聲勢) momentum
- 势必(勢必) to be bound to
- 气势汹汹(氣勢洶洶) aggressive / truculent / overbearing
- 顺势(順勢) to take advantage / to seize an opportunity
- 装腔作势(裝腔作勢) to be pretentious / to strike a pose
- 山势(山勢) mountain form
- 权势(權勢) power / influence
- 恶势力(惡勢力) an evil force
- 火势(火勢) fire / conflagration
- 乘势(乘勢) to seize the opportunity
- 威势(威勢) might / power and influence
- 声势浩大(聲勢浩大) imposing
- 弱势(弱勢) vulnerable / weak
- 弱势团体(弱勢團體) the disadvantaged / those who are economically and politically marginalized / Groups Helping the Disadvantaged
- 时势(時勢) the current situation
- 情势(情勢) circumstances / situation
- 病势(病勢) degree of seriousness of an illness / patient's condition
- 水势(水勢) water power
- 势族(勢族) an influential family / a powerful clan
- 态势(態勢) posture / situation
- 运势(運勢) horoscope ; one's fortune
- 均势(均勢) equilibrium of forces / balance of power
- 颓势(頹勢) a worsening situation / a declining fortune
- 事势(事勢) state of affairs
- 势降(勢降) potential drop (elec.)
- 势利(勢利) snobbish
- 气势(氣勢) a strong military force ; energy / vigor ; to rely on power ; bearing / imposing manner / loftiness
- 仗势(仗勢) to rely on power
- 国势(國勢) national strength / situation in a state
- 架势(架勢) attitude / position (on an issue etc)
- 造势(造勢) to boost support or interest / to campaign / to promote
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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
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 19
- 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
- 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning Huainanzi 淮南子 — 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: 7
- 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
- 处势 (處勢) 處勢卑賤 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 孤憤第十一 Chapter 11: Cynicism — 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
- 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
- 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
- 失势 (失勢) 故人君失勢 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — 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
- 用势 (用勢) 射遠者用勢 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 3