势 (勢) shì

1. shì noun power; authority
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 权力 (Guoyu '勢' n 1; Kroll 2015 '勢' 1)
2. shì 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')
3. shì 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')
4. shì 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)
5. shì noun posture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '勢' n 3; Kroll 2015 '勢' 2b)
6. shì 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)
7. shì noun opportunity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 机会 (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 3a)
8. shì noun male reproductive organ
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In an animal (Guoyu '勢' n 6; Kroll 2015 '勢' 4)
9. shì 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

• 漆间势至丸(漆間勢至丸) Uruma Seishimaru
• 真言势无比(真言勢無比) the matra's power is unparalleled
• 雨势(雨勢) Vassakāra; Varṣākāra
• 观大势至色身想(觀大勢至色身想) contemplation of the form of Mahasthamaprapta
• 阿伐罗势罗(阿伐羅勢羅) Aparaśaila
• 大势至观(大勢至觀) contemplation of Mahasthamaprapta

Also contained in

饑名渴势 、 因势利导 、 势均 、 成势 、 顺势 、 造势 、 势如骑虎 、 时势造英雄 、 劣势 、 颓势 、 势利小人 、 运势 、 星座运势 、 弱势 、 狗仗人势 、 优势 、 势不可当 、 核均势 、 倚势 、 东势镇 、 国势 、 花把势 、 姿势 、 势如彍弩 、 气势 、 势利眼 、 道高益安，势高益危 、 电动势 、 核势 、 均势 、 形势严峻 、 国势日衰 、 审时定势 、 打把势 、 笔势 、 声势 、 打手势 、 守势 、 强势 、 拉开架势 、 弱势团体 、 机势 、 势子 、 势如破竹 、 装腔作势

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 17 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 152
• 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 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 Mahāyānasaṅgraha (She Dacheng Lun) 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: 39
• 大力势 (大力勢) 必當有大力勢 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 6
• 魔势 (魔勢) 魔勢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 3
• 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
• 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
• 势帝 (勢帝) 勢帝嗐哆 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
• 势踰 (勢踰) 力勢踰前 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 5 — count: 2
• 魔力势 (魔力勢) 棄魔力勢令不堪任 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 5 — count: 2