势 (勢) shì

1. 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)
2. 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')
3. 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')
4. 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)
5. shì noun posture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '勢' n 3; Kroll 2015 '勢' 2b)
6. 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)
7. shì noun opportunity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3a)
8. 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

Also contained in

雨势 、 得大势菩萨 、 东势乡 、 臂多势罗国

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 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