dì​sì​quán

the fourth estate

  • created reference approved 第四权/第四權 → 第四权力/第四權力 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    第四权 / 第四權 dì​sì​quán

    第四权力 / 第四權力 dì​sì​quán​lì

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 第四权/第四權 · dì​sì​quán · the fourth estate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    第四权 / 第四權

    dì​sì​quán

    the fourth estate

    the news media or the press, viewed as a power that balances the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government

    第 (literal) → 第 · dì · [ordinal] 四 (literal) → 四 · sì · fourth 权 (literal) → 权/權 · quán · power

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

    created sense