权舆
quán yú
Pinyin

Definition

权舆
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quán yú
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig). to begin
  3. beginning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

主权
zhǔ quán
  1. 1 sovereignty
人权
rén quán
  1. 1 human rights
授权
shòu quán
  1. 1 to authorize
权
Quán
  1. 1 surname Quan
权利
quán lì
  1. 1 right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
  2. 2 (classical) power and wealth
权力
quán lì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 authority
权势
quán shì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 influence
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
版权
bǎn quán
  1. 1 copyright
特权
tè quán
  1. 1 prerogative
  2. 2 privilege
  3. 3 privileged
维权
wéi quán
  1. 1 to defend (legal) rights
舆论
yú lùn
  1. 1 public opinion
主动权
zhǔ dòng quán
  1. 1 initiative (as in "seize the initiative")
  2. 2 advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
主导权
zhǔ dǎo quán
  1. 1 leadership (role)
使用权
shǐ yòng quán
  1. 1 usage rights
侵权
qīn quán
  1. 1 to infringe the rights of
  2. 2 to violate
  3. 3 infringement
债权
zhài quán
  1. 1 creditor's rights (law)
债权人
zhài quán rén
  1. 1 creditor
全权
quán quán
  1. 1 full powers
  2. 2 total authority
  3. 3 plenipotentiary powers
加权
jiā quán
  1. 1 (math.) to weight
  2. 2 weighting
  3. 3 weighted (average, index etc)

Idioms (9)

不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
权宜之策
quán yí zhī cè
  1. 1 stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift plan
  3. 3 interim step
权宜之计
quán yí zhī jì
  1. 1 plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift stratagem
  3. 3 interim step
权衡利弊
quán héng lì bì
  1. 1 to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì
  1. 1 scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

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