势 (勢) shì
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noun
power; authority
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 权力 (Guoyu '勢' n 1; Kroll 2015 '勢' 1) -
noun
position of power
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the three principles of control of the state in 法家 Legalism, the other two being 法 'standards' and 術 'technique' (Wikipedia '法家') -
noun
conditions; tendency
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 状况 (Guoyu '勢' n 5; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3; Unihan '勢') -
noun
might; formidable power
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 威力 (Guoyu '勢' n 2; Kroll 2015 '勢' 1) -
noun
posture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '勢' n 3; Kroll 2015 '勢' 2b) -
noun
appearance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 形貌; for example, 山势 'mountain form' (Guoyu '勢' n 4) -
noun
opportunity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3a) -
noun
male reproductive organ
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In an animal (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 4) -
noun
strength; power; authority; sthāman
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sthāman, or: anubhāva, Tibetan: mthu (BCSD '勢', p. 209; Mahāvyutpatti 'anubhāvaḥ'; MW 'sthāman'; SH '勢', p. 396)
Contained in
- 真言势无比(真言勢無比) the matra's power is unparalleled
- 观大势至色身想(觀大勢至色身想) contemplation of the form of Mahasthamaprapta
- 大势至观(大勢至觀) contemplation of Mahasthamaprapta
- 漆间势至丸(漆間勢至丸) Uruma Seishimaru
- 势峰藏密相(勢峰藏密相) with hidden private parts
- 势至观(勢至觀) contemplation of Mahasthamaprapta
Also contained in
恶势力 、 拿腔作势 、 姿势 、 地势 、 形势 、 势降 、 上升趋势 、 势在必行 、 审时度势 、 涨势 、 东势乡 、 体势 、 形势严峻 、 态势 、 歹势 、 国势日衰 、 逞威势 、 定势 、 笔势 、 倚势 、 上扬趋势 、 反时势 、 势不可当 、 病势 、 趁势 、 气势汹汹 、 审度时势 、 狗仗人势 、 道高益安，势高益危 、 走势 、 时势 、 山势 、 势成骑虎 、 势阱 、 花把势 、 财势 、 势如彍弩 、 伤势 、 仗势欺人 、 势要 、 蓄势待发 、 势在必得 、 军势 、 电动势 、 人多势众
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 7 Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶 — count: 152
- Scroll 17 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 152
- Scroll 1 Māyājālamahātantra (Fo Shuo Yujia Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說瑜伽大教王經 — count: 49 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 Māyājālamahātantra (Fo Shuo Yujia Da Jiao Wang Jing) 佛說瑜伽大教王經 — count: 37 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Summary of the Great Vehicle (Mahāyānasaṅgraha, Buddhaśānta tr.) 攝大乘論 — count: 25
- Scroll 4 Ratnakūṭasūtraśāstra (Da Baoji Jing Lun) 大寶積經論 — count: 23
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 22
- Scroll 7 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 22
- Scroll 1 Secret Dharma Sutra of A Thousand Radiating Eyes Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Qian Guang Yan Guanzizai Pusa Mimi Fa Jing) 千光眼觀自在菩薩祕密法經 — count: 21
- Scroll 48 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 20
Collocations
- 力势 (力勢) 無有力勢 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 35
- 大力势 (大力勢) 必當有大力勢 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 6
- 势不能 (勢不能) 然盡其力勢不能及 — Yangjueji Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 佛說鴦崛髻經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 势强 (勢強) 舅以勢強奪吾眾矣 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 5 — count: 3
- 魔势 (魔勢) 魔勢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 3
- 势用 (勢用) 瀑流煩惱勢用廣大 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 16 — count: 2
- 势帝 (勢帝) 勢帝嗐哆 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 势欲 (勢欲) 盡其力勢欲及世尊然不能及 — Yangjueji Jing (Aṅgulimālīyasūtra) 佛說鴦崛髻經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 势强盛 (勢強盛) 得力勢強盛 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 8 — count: 2
- 无力势 (無力勢) 謂負債人貧無力勢 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 2