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势力

shì li

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 勢力

势力 (shì li) means "(political/social) power; influence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 势力 means

1. power
2. influence
3. a force (military, political etc)

The characters in 势力

• 势shìpower; influence; potential
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 他试图扩大自己的势力范围。
  Tā shìtú kuòdà zìjǐ de shìli fànwéi.
  He tried to enlarge his sphere of influence.
• 美国在中东的行为如同恐怖主义势力。
  The USA is acting like a terrorist force in the Middle East.
• 党为自己的利益追求势力。我们对别人不体贴；我们只追求势力。
  Dǎng wèi zìjǐ de lìyì zhuīqiú shìli. wǒmen duì biéren bù tǐtiē; wǒmen zhǐ zhuīqiú shìli.
  The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power.
• 我从小到大都是个酷儿小孩，从学校、老师或大多数同学那里得不到任何支持，感到孤立无援，觉得自己从根本上就是有问题的。我很高兴现况已有所改变，但对于那股反对支持与肯定酷儿儿童之风气的反动势力感到厌恶。
  Growing up as a queer kid, I had no support whatsoever from school, from teachers, or from most other kids, and I felt isolated and fundamentally bad. I'm glad things have changed, but disgusted by the reactionary movement that has risen up against the practice of supporting and affirming queer kids.

Words containing 势力

• 恶势力è shì lìevil forces; criminal elements
• 反动势力fǎn dòng shì lireactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric)

Where 势力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì li correctly.
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