强大 強大 qiáng dà big and strong / formidable / powerful syn 背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 有力 yǒu lì powerful / forceful / vigorous syn 强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive 强力 強力 qiáng lì powerful syn 强劲 強勁 qiáng jìng strong / powerful / robust syn 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn 富豪 fù háo rich and powerful person syn 雄风 雄風 xióng fēng vigor / virility / dynamism / (literary) powerful wind syn 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty 豪门 豪門 háo mén rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots syn 威猛 wēi měng bold and powerful syn 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 强敌 強敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy 豪放 háo fàng bold and unconstrained / powerful and free syn 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) syn 强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful syn 批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn 富强 富強 fù qiáng rich and powerful syn 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people syn 浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful syn 强震 強震 qiáng zhèn powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震 雄健 xióng jiàn vigorous / robust / powerful syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 近水楼台 近水樓臺 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor syn 有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to / to be entitled to / to have authority / powerful 叱咤风云 叱咤風雲 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful syn 财阀 財閥 cái fá tycoon / magnate / powerful corporation / conglomerate syn 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn 兵强马壮 兵強馬壯 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army syn 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 强队 強隊 qiáng duì a powerful team (sports) 魏国 魏國 wèi guó Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms 大用 dà yòng to put sb in powerful position / to empower 差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn 伍子胥 wǔ zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu 龙虎斗 龍虎鬥 lóng hǔ dòu fight between powerful contenders 曹魏 cáo wèi Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 段祺瑞 duàn qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord 门阀 門閥 mén fá rich and powerful family syn 王导 王導 wáng dǎo Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325 冲 衝 chòng powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of syn 官 guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 劲 勁 jìng stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful syn 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn 仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 帮闲 幫閑 bāng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc syn 安德海 ān dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后 骙 騤 kuí (of a horse) powerful / strong 驵 駔 zǎng powerful horse syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 发送 發送 fā sòng to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) syn 官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government) / administrator syn 官方 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority) syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 文书 文書 wén shū document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 立案 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation) 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 谢恩 謝恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) syn 行人 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor syn 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position syn 弹劾 彈劾 tán hé to impeach (an official) syn 高官 gāo guān high official 外传 外傳 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) 官邸 guān dǐ official residence syn 公文 gōng wén official document syn 议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business syn 从政 從政 cóng zhèng to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official) syn 干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 太保 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents 公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business / official work syn 礼宾 禮賓 lǐ bīn protocol / official etiquette 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 功臣 gōng chén meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service / hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role syn 劣迹 劣跡 liè jì bad record (esp. of a public official) / unsavory track record syn 忠臣 zhōng chén faithful official syn 仕途 shì tú official career (formal) syn 恩泽 恩澤 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official syn 官阶 官階 guān jiē official rank 