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Chinese dictionary
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n.omentum; tendency
大势趋向和平。
The tendency of events is towards peace.
情况大有急转直下之势。
The situation is going into sharp decline.
气势
momentum
- 2
n.posture; carriage
姿势
posture
架势
posture
手势
hand gesture
- 3
n.power;strength; influence
权势
power and influence
仗势欺人
bully people on the strength of one's powerful connections
人多势众。
Many hands provide great strength.
- 4
n.outward appearance of a natural object
地势
physical features of the land
山势
the lie of a mountain
雨势
rain
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n.situation; state of affairs; circumstances
势难从命。
Circumstances make it difficult for me to comply with your request.
趁势
take advantage of a favourable situation
局势
situation
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n.male genitals
去势
castration
Words and phrases with 势
- 势态[word]posture
- 势陡度[word]potential gradient
- 势派[word]grandeur; situation
- 势散射[word]potential scattering
- 势能图[word]potential energy diagram
- 势力范围[word]sphere of influence
- 势难从命[word]Circumstances make it difficult for me to comply with your request.
- 势家[word]influential family
- 势必[word]certainly
- 势如水火[idiom]like fire and water
- 势均力敌[idiom]match each other in strength
- 势不可挡[idiom]irresistible
- 势不两立[idiom]be irreconcilable
- 势所必然[idiom]as a matter of course
- 势成骑虎[idiom]an awkward position from which there is no retreat
- 势不可当[idiom]irresistible
- 势如破竹[idiom]like splitting a bamboo
- 势在必行[idiom]be imperative