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局势

jú shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 局勢

局势 (jú shì) means "situation; state (of affairs)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 局势 means

1. situation
2. state (of affairs)

The characters in 局势

• 局júnarrow
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Example sentences

• 那是个微妙的局势。
  Nàshi gè wēimiào de júshì.
  It's a delicate situation.
• 汤姆对局势一无所知。
  Tāngmǔ duìjú shì yīwúsuǒzhī.
  Tom knows nothing about the situation.
• 国际局势发生了很大的变动。
  There have been great changes in the international situation.
• 那场事故让我们陷入了不寻常的局势。
  Nà cháng shìgù ràng wǒmen xiànrù le bù xúncháng de júshì.
  We were faced with an unusual situation because of the accident.
• 巴西最高法院大法官亚历山大德莫赖斯因涉嫌在针对雅伊尔博索纳罗的案件中侵犯人权 (例如审查和任意拘留)，而受到《全球马格尼茨基人权问责法》的制裁。这些制裁引发了美国和巴西之间的外交和经济紧张局势。
  Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes was sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act for alleged rights violations, such as censorship and arbitrary detention, in the case against Jair Bolsonaro. The sanctions have sparked diplomatic and economic tensions between the US and Brazil.

Where 局势 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiù–jū (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 jú shì correctly.
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