权势 (權勢)
quán shì
Pinyin
Definition
权势 (權勢)
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- power
- influence
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不畏强权
- 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
人多势众
- 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
- 2 There is safety in numbers.
仗势欺人
- 1 to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom)
- 2 to kick people around
以权谋私
- 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
以言代法,以权压法
- 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
- 2 Might makes right.