权贵
quán guì
Pinyin

Definition

权贵
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quán guì
  1. influential officials
  2. bigwigs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

可贵
kě guì
  1. 1 to be treasured
  2. 2 praiseworthy
富贵
fù guì
  1. 1 riches and honor
宝贵
bǎo guì
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 precious
  3. 3 to value
  4. 4 to treasure
  5. 5 to set store by
权
Quán
  1. 1 surname Quan
权利
quán lì
  1. 1 right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
  2. 2 (classical) power and wealth
权力
quán lì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 authority
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
特权
tè quán
  1. 1 prerogative
  2. 2 privilege
  3. 3 privileged
珍贵
zhēn guì
  1. 1 precious
贵
guì
  1. 1 expensive
  2. 2 noble
  3. 3 precious
  4. 4 (honorific) your
贵人
guì rén
  1. 1 nobility
  2. 2 person of high rank
贵妃
guì fēi
  1. 1 senior concubine
  2. 2 imperial consort
贵妇
guì fù
  1. 1 upper-class woman
  2. 2 lady (old)
贵州
Guì zhōu
  1. 1 Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔[Qián] or 貴|贵[Guì], capital Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì yáng]
贵阳
Guì yáng
  1. 1 Guiyang prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Guì zhōu], short name 筑[Zhù]
高贵
gāo guì
  1. 1 grandeur
  2. 2 noble
主动权
zhǔ dòng quán
  1. 1 initiative (as in "seize the initiative")
  2. 2 advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
主权
zhǔ quán
  1. 1 sovereignty
人权
rén quán
  1. 1 human rights
使用权
shǐ yòng quán
  1. 1 usage rights

Idioms (20)

不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
兵贵神速
bīng guì shén sù
  1. 1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
攀高结贵
pān gāo jié guì
  1. 1 lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful
  2. 2 social climbing
荣华富贵
róng huá fù guì
  1. 1 glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth
权宜之策
quán yí zhī cè
  1. 1 stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift plan
  3. 3 interim step
权宜之计
quán yí zhī jì
  1. 1 plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift stratagem
  3. 3 interim step
权衡利弊
quán héng lì bì
  1. 1 to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì
  1. 1 scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. 1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
亲疏贵贱
qīn shū guì jiàn
  1. 1 close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone
  2. 2 all possible relations
贵人多忘
guì rén duō wàng
  1. 1 an eminent person has short memory (idiom)
贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
贵远贱近
guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
  1. 1 to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
达官贵人
dá guān guì rén
  1. 1 high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good

Sample Sentences

不过李白游山玩水是有目的的，是为了结交名人权贵，希望有人向皇帝引荐他。李白的志气可不是成为大诗人，他是想一下子从平民成为良相。
bùguò Lǐ Bái yóushānwánshuǐ shì yǒu mùdì de ，shì wèile jiéjiāo míngrén quánguì ，xīwàng yǒurén xiàng huángdì yǐnjiàn tā 。Lǐ Bái de zhìqì kěbushì chéngwéi dà shīrén ，tā shì xiǎng yīxiàzi cóng píngmín chéngwéi liángxiàng 。
However, Li Bai's travels to all the great sights had a purpose. He wanted to make friends with famous and powerful people and hoped that someone would recommend him to the emperor. Li Bai's ambition wasn't to become a great poet. He wanted to go from being a commoner to an adviser to the emperor.
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