| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 形势 | 形勢 | xíng shì | xing2 shi4 | circumstances; situation; terrain; Classifiers: 个 | ||
| 2 | 势力 | 勢力 | shì li | shi4 li5 | power; (ability to) influence | ||
| 3 | 趋势 | 趨勢 | qū shì | qu1 shi4 | trend; tendency | ||
| 4 | 势 | 勢 | shì | shi4 | power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals | ||
| 5 | 优势 | 優勢 | yōu shì | you1 shi4 | superiority; dominance; advantage | ||
| 6 | 地势 | 地勢 | dì shì | di4 shi4 | terrain; topography relief | ||
| 7 | 姿势 | 姿勢 | zī shì | zi1 shi4 | posture; position | ||
| 8 | 势必 | 勢必 | shì bì | shi4 bi4 | to be bound to; undoubtedly will | ||
| 9 | 局势 | 局勢 | jú shì | ju2 shi4 | situation; state (of affairs) | ||
| 10 | 势能 | 勢能 | shì néng | shi4 neng2 | potential energy | ||
| 11 | 占优势 | 佔優勢 | zhàn yōu shì | zhan4 you1 shi4 | to predominate; to occupy a dominant position | ||
| 12 | 气势 | 氣勢 | qì shì | qi4 shi4 | imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor | ||
| 13 | 权势 | 權勢 | quán shì | quan2 shi4 | power; influence | ||
| 14 | 攻势 | 攻勢 | gōng shì | gong1 shi4 | (military) offensive | ||
| 15 | 势头 | 勢頭 | shì tóu | shi4 tou2 | power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things | ||
| 16 | 情势 | 情勢 | qíng shì | qing2 shi4 | situation; circumstance | ||
| 17 | 声势 | 聲勢 | shēng shì | sheng1 shi4 | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum | ||
| 18 | 态势 | 態勢 | tài shì | tai4 shi4 | posture; situation | ||
| 19 | 劣势 | 劣勢 | liè shì | lie4 shi4 | inferior; disadvantaged | ||
| 20 | 财势 | 財勢 | cái shì | cai2 shi4 | wealth and influence | ||
| 21 | 做张做势 | 做張做勢 | zuò zhāng zuò shì | zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 shi4 | to put on an act (idiom); to pose; to show theatrical affectation; to indulge in histrionics | ||
| 22 | 磁动势 | 磁動勢 | cí dòng shì | ci2 dong4 shi4 | magnetomotive force | ||
| 23 | 大势 | 大勢 | dà shì | da4 shi4 | The overall situation | ||
| 24 | 得势 | 得勢 | dé shì | de2 shi4 | to win power; to get authority; to become dominant | ||
| 25 | 道高益安，势高益危 | 道高益安，勢高益危 | dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi | dao4 gao1 yi4 an1 , shi4 gao1 yi4 wei1 | More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史记 ). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770). |
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