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Results for “势”

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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

势shì

power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals

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姿势zī shì

posture / position

势力shì li

power / influence / a force (military, political etc)

优势yōu shì

superiority / dominance / advantage

局势jú shì

situation / state (of affairs)

形势xíng shì

circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個|个[gè]

强势qiáng shì

strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive

手势shǒu shì

gesture / sign / signal

虚张声势xū zhāng shēng shì

(idiom) to bluff / to bluster / to make an empty show of strength

伤势shāng shì

condition of an injury

势利shì lì

snobbish

势头shì tóu

power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things

势均力敌shì jūn lì dí

(idiom) evenly matched

势不可挡shì bù kě dǎng

see 勢不可當|势不可当[shì bù kě dāng]

势必shì bì

to be bound to / undoubtedly will

势利眼shì li yǎn

snobbish / a snob

势在必行shì zài bì xíng

circumstances require action (idiom) / absolutely necessary / imperative

趋势qū shì

trend / tendency

权势quán shì

power / influence

气势qì shì

imposing manner / loftiness / grandeur / energetic looks / vigor

火势huǒ shì

intensity and spread of a fire

劣势liè shì

inferior / disadvantaged

装腔作势zhuāng qiāng zuò shì

posturing / pretentious / affected

攻势gōng shì

(military) offensive

架势jià shi

attitude / position (on an issue etc)

情势qíng shì

situation / circumstance

弱势ruò shì

vulnerable / weak

顺势shùn shì

to take advantage / to seize an opportunity / in passing / without taking extra trouble / conveniently

地势dì shì

terrain / topography relief

声势shēng shì

fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum

阵势zhèn shì

battle array / disposition of forces / situation / circumstance

走势zǒu shì

tendency / trend / path

仗势欺人zhàng shì qī rén

to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around

审时度势shěn shí duó shì

to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock

得势dé shì

to win power / to get authority / to become dominant

势不两立shì bù liǎng lì

the two cannot exist together (idiom) / irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints

势不可当shì bù kě dāng

impossible to resist (idiom) / an irresistible force

势利小人shì li xiǎo rén

snob

势单力薄shì dān lì bó

(idiom) lacking strength and support

势在必得shì zài bì dé

to be determined to win (idiom)

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