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Character Decomposition
势=执+力
Etymology
strength
Meanings
power
influence
potential
momentum
tendency
trend
situation
conditions
outward appearance
sign
gesture
male genitals
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Words with 势 350 total
wealth and influence财势cái shìto win power · to get authority · to become dominant得势dé shìterrain · topography relief地势dì shìto borrow sb's authority · to seize an opportunity借势jiè shìarmy strength · military prowess or potential军势jūn shìsituation · state (of affairs)局势jú shì(literary) strength and direction of the wind风势fēng shìto take advantage of a favorable situation · to seize an opportunity趁势chèn shìequilibrium of forces · balance of power均势jūn shìintensity and spread of a fire火势huǒ shìattitude · position (on an issue etc)架势jià shi
Idioms with 势 99 total
(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction大势所趋dà shì suǒ qūto spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity大张声势dà zhāng shēng shìMore moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).道高益安，势高益危dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēicompetition between three rivals · tripartite confrontation鼎足之势dǐng zú zhī shì