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	Simplified Chinese	Mandarin	English definition	Traditional variant	HSK ?
	优势	you1shi4	superiority / dominance / advantage	優勢	3

	趋势	qu1shi4	trend / tendency	趨勢	4

	势	shi4	power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals	勢

	形势	xing2shi4	circumstances / situation / terrain / CL: 個｜个	形勢	2

	走势	zou3shi4	tendency / trend / path	走勢

	强势	qiang2shi4	mighty	強勢

	势力	shi4li5	power / (ability to) influence	勢力	3

	发展趋势	fa1zhan3qu1shi4	growing trend	發展趨勢

	姿势	zi1shi4	posture / position	姿勢	3

	态势	tai4shi4	posture / situation	態勢

	势头	shi4tou2	power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things	勢頭

	气势	qi4shi4	momentum / manner / energy / look of great force or imposing manner / powerful	氣勢	4

	势必	shi4bi4	is bound to (happen)	勢必	4

	局势	ju2shi4	situation / state (of affairs)	局勢	4

	运势	yun4shi4	horoscope / one's fortune	運勢

	攻势	gong1shi4	(military) offensive	攻勢

	手势	shou3shi4	gesture / sign / signal	手勢	3

	劣势	lie4shi4	inferior / disadvantaged	劣勢

	顺势	shun4shi4	to take advantage / to seize an opportunity / in passing / without taking extra trouble / conveniently	順勢

	上升趋势	shang4sheng1qu1shi4	an upturn / an upward trend	上升趨勢

	弱势群体	ruo4shi4qun2ti3	disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped) / the economically and politically marginalized / the dispossessed	弱勢群體

	地势	di4shi4	terrain / topography relief	地勢	3

	伤势	shang1shi4	condition of an injury	傷勢

	蓄势待发	xu4shi4dai4fa1	to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy, etc.	蓄勢待發

	声势	sheng1shi4	momentum	聲勢	4

	涨势	zhang3shi4	rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices)	漲勢

	势在必行	shi4zai4bi4xing2	circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary / imperative	勢在必行

	形势严峻	xing2shi4yan2jun4	in grave difficulties / the situation is grim	形勢嚴峻

	权势	quan2shi4	power / influence	權勢

	架势	jia4shi5	attitude / position (on an issue etc)	架勢

	大势所趋	da4shi4suo3qu1	as the general trend indicates (idiom)	大勢所趨

	情势	qing2shi4	situation / circumstance	情勢

	占优势	zhan4you1shi4	to predominate / to occupy a dominant position	佔優勢

	颓势	tui2shi4	decline (in fortune)	頹勢

	势能	shi4neng2	potential energy	勢能

	火势	huo3shi4	fire / conflagration / lively / flourishing	火勢

	审时度势	shen3shi2duo2shi4	to judge the hour and size up the situation / to take stock	審時度勢

	恶势力	e4shi4li5	evil forces / criminals elements	惡勢力

	借势	jie4shi4	to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity	借勢

	乘势	cheng2shi4	to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot	乘勢

	势利	shi4li4	selfishly concerned with gaining advantages for oneself	勢利

	定势	ding4shi4	regular tendency	定勢

	来势汹汹	lai2shi4xiong1xiong1	to bear down menacingly (idiom)	來勢洶洶

	因势利导	yin1shi4li4dao3	to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities	因勢利導

	势如破竹	shi4ru2po4zhu2	sweeping	勢如破竹

	有钱有势	you3qian2you3shi4	to have wealth and influence (idiom)	有錢有勢

	气势汹汹	qi4shi4xiong1xiong1	aggressive / truculent / overbearing	氣勢洶洶

	势均力敌	shi4jun1li4di2	evenly matched adversaries (idiom)	勢均力敵

	得势	de2shi4	to win power / to get authority / to become dominant	得勢

	威势	wei1shi4	might / power and influence	威勢

	作势	zuo4shi4	to adopt an attitude / to strike a posture	作勢

	虚张声势	xu1zhang1sheng1shi4	bluff	虛張聲勢

	宣传攻势	xuan1chuan2gong1shi4	marketing campaign	宣傳攻勢

	势态	shi4tai4	situation / state	勢態

	势不两立	shi4bu4liang3li4	the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints	勢不兩立

	国势	guo2shi4	national strength / situation in a state	國勢

	人多势众	ren2duo1shi4zhong4	many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.	人多勢眾

	电动势	dian4dong4shi4	electromotive force	電動勢

	体势	ti3shi4	feature	體勢

	情势所迫	qing2shi4suo3po4	to be under the force of circumstances (idiom)	情勢所迫

	仗势欺人	zhang4shi4qi1ren2	relying on force to bully others (idiom)	仗勢欺人

	集中趋势	ji2zhong1qu1shi4	central tendency	集中趨勢

	守势	shou3shi4	defensive position / guard	守勢

	势利眼	shi4li4yan3	be self-interested	勢利眼

	均势	jun1shi4	equilibrium of forces / balance of power	均勢

	趋炎附势	qu1yan2fu4shi4	to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power / social climbing	趨炎附勢

	天下大势	tian1xia4da4shi4	historic trends (idiom)	天下大勢

	反动势力	fan3dong4shi4li5	reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric)	反動勢力

	时势造英雄	shi2shi4zao4ying1xiong2	Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.	時勢造英雄

	病势	bing4shi4	degree of seriousness of an illness / patient's condition	病勢

	空中优势	kong1zhong1you1shi4	strategic advantage in the air	空中優勢

	势要	shi4yao4	influential figure / powerful person	勢要

	大势至菩萨	Da4shi4zhi4 Pu2sa4	Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, the Great Strength Bodhisattva	大勢至菩薩

	势不可当	shi4bu4ke3dang1	impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force	勢不可當

	销势	xiao1shi4	sale	銷勢

	有财有势	you3cai2you3shi4	to be rich and powerful (idiom)	有財有勢

	仗势	zhang4shi4	to rely on power	仗勢

	拿腔作势	na2qiang1zuo4shi4	to be affected / to be pretentious / to act affectedly (idiom)	拿腔作勢

	上扬趋势	shang4yang2qu1shi4	upward trend / rising tendency	上揚趨勢

	狗仗人势	gou3zhang4ren2shi4	a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others	狗仗人勢

	顺势疗法	shun4shi4liao2fa3	homeopathy (alternative medicine)	順勢療法

	大势已定	da4shi4yi3ding4	The lot is cast. (idiom)	大勢已定

	外来势力	wai4lai2shi4li4	foreign influence / external influence	外來勢力

	气势十足	qi4shi4shi2zu2	full of momentum (idiom)	氣勢十足

	鼎足之势	ding3zu2zhi1shi4	competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation	鼎足之勢

	势子	shi4zi5	gesture / posture	勢子

	势所必然	shi4suo3bi4ran2	inevitably / as a matter of course / to be bound to happen	勢所必然

	事势	shi4shi4	state of affairs	事勢

	其势汹汹	qi2shi4xiong1xiong1	The situation is tumultuous. (idiom)	其勢洶洶

	形势险要	xing2shi4xian3yao4	strategically important terrain (idiom)	形勢險要

	破竹之势	po4zhu2zhi1shi4	lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force	破竹之勢

	打把势	da3ba3shi5	drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off	打把勢

	国势日衰	guo2shi4ri4shuai1	national decline	國勢日衰

	势阱	shi4jing3	potential well (physics)	勢阱

	做张做势	zuo4zhang1zuo4shi4	to put on an act (idiom); to pose / to show theatrical affectation / to indulge in histrionics	做張做勢

	势殊事异	shi4shu1shi4yi4	lit. conditions unique and matters different / things are not the same as before (idiom)	勢殊事異

	有权势者	you3quan2shi4zhe3	person in power / the one with authority / the guy in charge	有權勢者

	势成骑虎	shi4cheng2qi2hu3	if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway	勢成騎虎

	势如燎原	shi4ru2liao2yuan2	to spread like wildfire (idiom)	勢如燎原

	形格势禁	xing2ge2shi4jin4	to have one's hands tied (idiom)	形格勢禁

	势降	shi4jiang4	potential drop (elec.)	勢降

	派势	pai4shi4	style / manner	派勢

	大张声势	da4zhang1sheng1shi4	to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity	大張聲勢

	时势使然	shi2shi4shi3ran2	It's the natural outcome of the time and circumstances. (idiom)	時勢使然

	势族	shi4zu2	influential family / powerful clan	勢族

	道高益安，势高益危	dao4gao1yi4'an1, shi4gao1yi4wei1	More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記｜史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).	道高益安，勢高益危

	东势镇	Dong1shi4zhen4	(N) Tungshih (town in Taiwan)	東勢鎮

	核均势	he2jun1shi4	nuclear parity	核均勢

	恃势欺人	shi4shi4qi1ren2	to bully others on the strength of one's powerful connections or position (idiom)	恃勢欺人

	势焰万丈	shi4yan4wan4zhang4	aggressively powerful (idiom) (derogatory)	勢焰萬丈

	时移势迁	shi2yi2shi4qian1	Time has changed things. (idiom)	時移勢遷

	声势煊赫	sheng1shi4xuan1he4	One's influence is majestic and powerful (idiom)	聲勢煊赫

	欢势	huan1shi5	lively / full of vigor / vibrant / spirited	歡勢

	势穷力竭	shi4qiong2li4jie2	to be powerless and in a terrible plight (idiom)	勢窮力竭

	仗势倚财	zhang4shi4yi3cai2	to presume on one's power and wealth (idiom)	仗勢倚財

	核势	he2shi4	nuclear potential	核勢

	花把势	hua1ba3shi4	expert flower grower	花把勢

	东势乡	Dong1shi4xiang1	(N) Tungshih (village in Taiwan)	東勢鄉

	右耳优势	you4'er3you1shi4	right-ear advantage (linguistics)	右耳優勢

	审度时势	shen3duo2shi2shi4	to examine and judge the situation	審度時勢

	依官仗势	yi1guan1zhang4shi4	to rely on an official and take advantage of his influence (idiom)	依官仗勢

	恃势专横	shi4shi4zhuan1heng2	to rely on one's position to maltreat others (idiom)	恃勢專橫

	饥名渴势	ji1ming2ke3shi4	greedy for honor and power (idiom)	飢名渴勢

	恃势倚财	shi4shi4yi3cai2	to rely on one's position and wealth to do evil (idiom)	恃勢倚財

	倚亲仗势	yi3qin1zhang4shi4	to rely on one's powerful relatives (idiom)	倚親仗勢

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