zhàng​shì

to rely on power

  • created reference approved 仗势/仗勢 → 挟势/挾勢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仗势 / 仗勢 zhàng​shì

    挟势 / 挾勢 xié​shì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 仗势/仗勢 · zhàng​shì · to rely on power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    仗势 / 仗勢

    zhàng​shì

    to rely on power

    to take advantage of one's power or connections with influential people; to rely on social position to bully others

    仗, 势

    仗 (literal) → 仗 · zhàng · to rely on 势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · power

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense