Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 势


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Meaning

power, influence, potential, conditions, gesture

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

Top: grasp, seize (If you get your hand to that small bead you grasp it) [bead, pill = A 'nine' needs an additional stroke to become round like a pill.], bottom: power

Mnemonic

Grasping with power means power and influence.

Radicals

grasp, seize(If you get your hand to that small bead you grasp it.)
power, force(variations ar: or: to act .)
small bead(A 'nine' needs an additional stroke to become round like a pill.)
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Vocabulary

势力 shì li power; (ability to) influence
形势 xíng shì circumstances; situation; terrain
局势 jú shì situation; state (of affairs)
姿势 zī shì posture; position
优势 yōu shì superiority; dominance; advantage
趋势 qū shì trend; tendency
电动势 diàn dòng shì electromotive force
气势汹汹 qì shì xiōng xiōng aggressive; truculent; overbearing
势阱 shì jǐng potential well (physics)


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