停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 放大镜 放大鏡 fàng dà jìng magnifying glass syn 实权 實權 shí quán real power / genuine power 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 力量 lì lia4ng power / force / strength syn 力 lì power / force / strength / ability / strenuously syn 权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 权力 權力 quán lì power / authority syn 动力 動力 dòng lì motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus 争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony / a power struggle syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 魔力 mó lì magic / magic power 电力 電力 diàn lì electrical power / electricity 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 电线 電線 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1] syn 体力 體力 tǐ lì physical strength / physical power syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 权威 權威 quán wēi authority / authoritative / power and prestige syn 权限 權限 quán xiàn scope of authority / extent of power / (access etc) privileges syn 威力 wēi lì might / formidable power 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 人力 rén lì manpower / labor power syn 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 扩张 擴張 kuò zhāng expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 权势 權勢 quán shì power / influence syn 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 职权 職權 zhí quán authority / power over others syn 大权 大權 dà quán power / authority syn 甜头 甜頭 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit syn 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) 特异功能 特異功能 tè yì gōng néng supernatural power / extrasensory perception 电网 電網 diàn wǎng electricity grid / power grid / electrified wire netting 法力 fǎ lì magic power syn 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn 杀伤力 殺傷力 shā shāng lì destructive power / harmfulness 发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant syn 威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn 握有 wò yǒu to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) syn 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 垮台 垮臺 kuǎ tái (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse / to fall from power syn 风力 風力 fēng lì wind force / wind power 观察力 觀察力 guān chá lì power of observation / perception syn 表现力 表現力 biǎo xiàn lì expressive power 功率 gōng lǜ rate of work / power (output) 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 功力 gōng lì merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power syn 夺权 奪權 duó quán to seize power syn 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 发电站 發電站 fā diàn zhàn power station syn 水电 水電 shuǐ diàn hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity 吸力 xī lì (physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking) syn 执掌 執掌 zhí zhǎng to wield (power etc) syn 强权 強權 qiáng quán power / might 水能 shuǐ néng hydroelectric power 当权 當權 dāng quán to hold power syn 倒台 倒臺 dǎo tái to fall from power / to collapse / downfall syn 开足马力 開足馬力 kāi zú mǎ lì to accelerate at full power (idiom) / at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible syn 王权 王權 wáng quán royalty / royal power syn 当权者 當權者 dāng quán zhě ruler / those in power / the authorities syn 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn 红人 紅人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian syn 神通广大 神通廣大 shén tōng guǎng dà (idiom) to possess great magical power / to possess remarkable abilities syn 在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 魔掌 mó zhǎng the power of sb or sth evil / the clutches (of a bad person etc) syn 底气 底氣 dǐ qì lung capacity / lung power / boldness / confidence / self-assurance / vigor 军力 軍力 jūn lì military power syn 制衡 zhì héng to check and balance (power) / checks and balances 核电厂 核電廠 hé diàn chǎng nuclear power plant 当道 當道 dāng dào in the middle of the road / to be in the way / to hold power / (fig.) to predominate / to be in vogue syn 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc syn 得势 得勢 dé shì to win power / to get authority / to become dominant syn 委托书 委託書 wěi tuō shū commission / proxy / power of attorney / authorization / warrant 号召力 號召力 hào zhào lì to have the power to rally supporters 水力 shuǐ lì hydraulic power 雄壮 雄壯 xióng zhuàng majestic / awesome / full of power and grandeur syn 否决权 否決權 fǒu jué quán veto power 蝼蚁 螻蟻 lóu yǐ lit. mole cricket and ants / fig. tiny individuals with no power 神通 shén tōng remarkable ability / magical power syn 电源线 電源線 diàn yuán xiàn power cable (of an appliance etc) 千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power) syn 光复 光復 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 syn 