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顺势

shùn shì

2-character word Traditional 順勢

What 顺势 means

1. to take advantage
2. to seize an opportunity
3. in passing
4. without taking extra trouble
5. conveniently

The characters in 顺势

• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Example sentences

• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

Words starting with 顺势

• 顺势疗法shùn shì liáo fǎhomeopathy (alternative medicine)

Sounds the same

Read shùn shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顺式cis- (isomer) (chemistry); see also 反式
• 顺适agreeable; to conform