弃权
qì quán
Pinyin

Definition

弃权
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qì quán
  1. to abstain from voting
  2. to forfeit
  3. to waive one's right to vote
  4. to abdicate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

嫌弃
xián qì
  1. 1 to avoid sb (out of dislike)
  2. 2 to turn one's back on sb
  3. 3 to ignore
抛弃
pāo qì
  1. 1 to abandon
  2. 2 to discard
  3. 3 to renounce
  4. 4 to dump (sb)
放弃
fàng qì
  1. 1 to renounce
  2. 2 to abandon
  3. 3 to give up
弃
qì
  1. 1 to abandon
  2. 2 to relinquish
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to throw away
权利
quán lì
  1. 1 right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
  2. 2 (classical) power and wealth
丢弃
diū qì
  1. 1 to discard
  2. 2 to abandon
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
主权
zhǔ quán
  1. 1 sovereignty
人权
rén quán
  1. 1 human rights
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
唾弃
tuò qì
  1. 1 to spurn
  2. 2 to disdain
大权
dà quán
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 authority
孙权
Sūn Quán
  1. 1 Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period
废弃
fèi qì
  1. 1 to discard
  2. 2 to abandon (old ways)
  3. 3 to invalidate
强权
qiáng quán
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 might
舍弃
shě qì
  1. 1 to give up
  2. 2 to abandon
  3. 3 to abort
授权
shòu quán
  1. 1 to authorize

Idioms (19)

不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
不离不弃
bù lí bù qì
  1. 1 to stand by (sb) (idiom)
  2. 2 steadfast loyalty
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.
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
前功尽弃
qián gōng jìn qì
  1. 1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
  2. 2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain
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
弃之如敝屣
qì zhī rú bì xǐ
  1. 1 to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
弃恶从善
qì è cóng shàn
  1. 1 to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)
弃约背盟
qì yuē bèi méng
  1. 1 to abrogate an agreement
  2. 2 to break one's oath (idiom)
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
  1. 1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
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
背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì
  1. 1 breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
  2. 2 treachery
  3. 3 perfidy
食之无味，弃之可惜
shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī
  1. 1 lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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