颓势 (頹勢)
tuí shì
Pinyin

Definition

颓势 (頹勢)
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tuí shì
  1. decline (in fortune)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

优势
yōu shì
  1. 1 superiority
  2. 2 dominance
  3. 3 advantage
势
shì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 influence
  3. 3 potential
  4. 4 momentum
  5. 5 tendency
  6. 6 trend
  7. 7 situation
  8. 8 conditions
  9. 9 outward appearance
  10. 10 sign
  11. 11 gesture
  12. 12 male genitals
势力
shì li
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 (ability to) influence
姿势
zī shì
  1. 1 posture
  2. 2 position
强势
qiáng shì
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 powerful
  3. 3 (linguistics) emphatic
  4. 4 intensive

Idioms (20)

人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
仗势欺人
zhàng shì qī rén
  1. 1 to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom)
  2. 2 to kick people around
做张做势
zuò zhāng zuò shì
  1. 1 to put on an act (idiom); to pose
  2. 2 to show theatrical affectation
  3. 3 to indulge in histrionics
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
势不可当
shì bù kě dāng
  1. 1 impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force

Sample Sentences

两岸的交流与合作，让台湾可以依托大陆巨大的市场，走出经济疲软的颓势，而大陆则可以在双方的交流中，学习更加先进科学的制度，提升人文素质修养。
liǎngàn de jiāoliú yǔ to collaborate ，ràng Táiwān kěyǐ yītuō dàlù jùdà de shìchǎng ，zǒuchū jīngjì píruǎn de tuíshì ，ér dàlù zé kěyǐ zài shuāngfāng de jiāoliú zhōng ，xuéxí gèngjiā xiānjìn kēxué de zhìdù ，tíshēng rénwén sùzhì xiūyǎng 。
Exchange and cooperation across the strait has made Taiwan dependent upon the massive Chinese market and rise out of sluggish economic decline, while China was able to learn about more advanced scientific systems and to raise its level of cultural cultivation through cross-strait exchange.
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