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借势

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Pīnyīn
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to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *借* | 借* | *借
10画
borrow; lend; make pretext of
2426.1
OTA
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *势* | 势* | *势
8画
power, force; tendency
5542
QIKS

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给 or etc) to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着) by; with
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *借* | 借* | *借
variant of
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals