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
- 有钱有势(有錢有勢) having wealth and influence
- 弱势(弱勢) vulnerable; weak
- 势要(勢要) influential figure; powerful person
- 势能(勢能) potential energy
- 军势(軍勢) army strength; military prowess or potential
- 机势(機勢) opportunity
- 国势(國勢) national strength; situation in a state
- 气势(氣勢) a strong military force ; energy; vigor ; to rely on power ; bearing; imposing manner; loftiness
- 气势凌人(氣勢凌人) arrogant and overbearing
- 长势(長勢) how well a crop (or plant) is growing; growth
- 架势(架勢) attitude; position (on an issue etc)
- 有权势者(有權勢者) person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge
- 情势(情勢) circumstances; situation
- 上升趋势(上升趨勢) an upturn; an upward trend
- 仗势(仗勢) to rely on power
- 派势(派勢) style; manner
- 趁势(趁勢) to take advantage of a favorable situation; to use one's position of power as an opportunity
- 电动势(電動勢) electromotive force
- 花把势(花把勢) expert flower grower
- 势如破竹(勢如破竹) like a hot knife through butter; with irresistible force
- 山势(山勢) mountain form
- 势头(勢頭) momentum /power ; circumstances; situation
- 弱势群体(弱勢群體) the disadvantaged; those who are economically and politically marginalized
- 审度时势(審度時勢) to examine and judge the situation
- 天下大势(天下大勢) world situation
- 攻势(攻勢) an offensive
- 气势宏伟(氣勢宏偉) imposing; majestic
- 倚势(倚勢) to rely on force to influence others
- 势力(勢力) power; influence; strength
- 势利小人(勢利小人) snob
- 核势(核勢) nuclear potential
- 反动势力(反動勢力) reactionary forces (especially in Marxist rhetoric)
- 破竹之势(破竹之勢) a force to smash bamboo; irresistible force
- 态势(態勢) posture; situation
- 比肩齐势(比肩齊勢) shoulder-to-shoulder, equal in strength
- 打手势(打手勢) to wave [the hand]; to gesture
- 姿势(姿勢) posture; position ; poise; bearing ; tone of speech
- 势利眼(勢利眼) to be self-interested
- 做张做势(做張做勢) to put on an act; to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics
- 顺势疗法(順勢療法) homeopathy (alternative medicine)
- 得势(得勢) to win power; to get authority; to become dominant
- 势降(勢降) potential drop (elec.)
- 装腔作势(裝腔作勢) to be pretentious; to strike a pose
- 运势(運勢) horoscope ; one's fortune
- 顺势(順勢) to take advantage; to seize an opportunity
- 均势(均勢) equilibrium of forces; balance of power
- 大势所趋(大勢所趨) a general trend
- 强势(強勢) strong; mighty
- 鼎足之势(鼎足之勢) competition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation
- 兵势(兵勢) military situation
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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
- 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
- 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: 7
- 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: 5
- 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
- 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
- 夫势 (夫勢) 夫勢者 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 難勢第四十 Chapter 40: Difficulties with a Position of Power — count: 4
- 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
- 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