颓势
tuí shì
Pinyin

Definition

颓势
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tuí shì
  1. decline (in fortune)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yōu shì
  1. 1 superiority
  2. 2 dominance
  3. 3 advantage
shì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 influence
  3. 3 potential
  4. 4 momentum
  5. 5 tendency
  6. 6 trend
  7. 7 situation
  8. 8 conditions
  9. 9 outward appearance
  10. 10 sign
  11. 11 gesture
  12. 12 male genitals
shì li
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 (ability to) influence
zī shì
  1. 1 posture
  2. 2 position
qiáng shì
  1. 1 strong
  2. 2 powerful
  3. 3 (linguistics) emphatic
  4. 4 intensive
xíng shì
  1. 1 circumstances
  2. 2 situation
  3. 3 terrain
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
qì shì
  1. 1 imposing manner
  2. 2 loftiness
  3. 3 grandeur
  4. 4 energetic looks
  5. 5 vigor
zǒu shì
  1. 1 tendency
  2. 2 trend
  3. 3 path
qū shì
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
yùn shì
  1. 1 horoscope
  2. 2 one's fortune
tuí fèi
  1. 1 decadent
  2. 2 dispirited
  3. 3 depressed
  4. 4 dejected
zuò shì
  1. 1 to adopt an attitude
  2. 2 to strike a posture
shāng shì
  1. 1 condition of an injury
liè shì
  1. 1 inferior
  2. 2 disadvantaged
shì bù kě dǎng
  1. 1 see 勢不可當|势不可当[shì bù kě dāng]
shì lì
  1. 1 snobbish
shì lì yǎn
  1. 1 to be self-interested
shì jūn lì dí
  1. 1 evenly matched (idiom)
shì bì
  1. 1 to be bound to
  2. 2 undoubtedly will
shì néng
  1. 1 potential energy

Idioms (20)

人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
仗势欺人
zhàng shì qī rén
  1. 1 to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom)
  2. 2 to kick people around
做张做势
zuò zhāng zuò shì
  1. 1 to put on an act (idiom); to pose
  2. 2 to show theatrical affectation
  3. 3 to indulge in histrionics
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
势不可当
shì bù kě dāng
  1. 1 impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
势在必行
shì zài bì xíng
  1. 1 circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary
  2. 2 imperative
势均力敌
shì jūn lì dí
  1. 1 evenly matched (idiom)
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
因势利导
yīn shì lì dǎo
  1. 1 to take advantage of the new situation (idiom)
  2. 2 to make the best of new opportunities
大张声势
dà zhāng shēng shì
  1. 1 to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
  1. 1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. 2 a great sage has died (idiom)
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
  1. 1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
有钱有势
yǒu qián yǒu shì
  1. 1 rich and powerful (idiom)
狗仗人势
gǒu zhàng rén shì
  1. 1 a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì
  1. 1 to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power
  2. 2 social climbing
道高益安,势高益危
dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi
  1. 1 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).
颓垣断壁
tuí yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

Sample Sentences

两岸的交流与合作,让台湾可以依托大陆巨大的市场,走出经济疲软的颓势,而大陆则可以在双方的交流中,学习更加先进科学的制度,提升人文素质修养。
liǎngàn de jiāoliú yǔ to collaborate ,ràng Táiwān kěyǐ yītuō dàlù jùdà de shìchǎng ,zǒuchū jīngjì píruǎn de tuíshì ,ér dàlù zé kěyǐ zài shuāngfāng de jiāoliú zhōng ,xuéxí gèngjiā xiānjìn kēxué de zhìdù ,tíshēng rénwén sùzhì xiūyǎng 。
Exchange and cooperation across the strait has made Taiwan dependent upon the massive Chinese market and rise out of sluggish economic decline, while China was able to learn about more advanced scientific systems and to raise its level of cultural cultivation through cross-strait exchange.