停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 吸尘器 吸塵器 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 真空 zhēn kōng (physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 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 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 热水瓶 熱水瓶 rè shuǐ píng thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 真空管 zhēn kōng guǎn vacuum tube syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 真空泵 zhēn kōng bèng vacuum pump 三极管 三極管 sān jí guǎn triode (vacuum tube or transistor) 拔罐 bá guàn cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics) 空空荡荡 空空蕩蕩 kōng kōng dàng dàng absolutely empty (space) / complete vacuum 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 栅极 柵極 shān jí grid (in vacuum tubes) / gate (terminal of a field-effect transistor) 暖壶 暖壺 nuǎn hú vacuum flask / thermos flask syn 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 吸尘机 吸塵機 xī chén jī vacuum cleaner 真空炉 vacuum furnace 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 