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Chinese Pinyin Translation
强 彊 qiáng adj. strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2] syn
强大 強大 qiáng dà adj. big and strong / formidable / powerful syn
有力 yǒu lì adj. powerful / forceful / vigorous syn
冲 衝 chòng v., prep. powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of syn
骙 騤 kuí (of a horse) powerful / strong
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to / to be entitled to / to have authority / powerful
强劲 強勁 qiáng jìng adj. strong / powerful / robust syn
强力 強力 qiáng lì powerful syn
强势 強勢 qiáng shì n. strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
重磅 zhòng bàng (of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful / significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty
雄健 xióng jiàn vigorous / robust / powerful syn
雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn
劲 勁 jìng stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful syn
伾 pī multitudinous / powerful
桓桓 huán huán mighty / powerful
倞 jìng strong / powerful
弫 zhěn (of a bow) impactful / powerful
Chinese Pinyin Translation
背景 bèi jǐng n. background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
门阀 門閥 mén fá rich and powerful family syn
富豪 fù háo n. rich and powerful person syn
霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon
雄风 雄風 xióng fēng vigor / virility / dynamism / (literary) powerful wind syn
强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn
豪门 豪門 háo mén rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots syn
勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn
强敌 強敵 qiáng dí powerful enemy
威猛 wēi měng bold and powerful syn
强队 強隊 qiáng duì a powerful team (sports)
强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful syn
豪放 háo fàng bold and unconstrained / powerful and free syn
富强 富強 fù qiáng adj. rich and powerful syn
洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) 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)
浩荡 浩蕩 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful 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
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
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
强震 強震 qiáng zhèn powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震
伍子胥 wǔ zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu
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
财阀 財閥 cái fá tycoon / magnate / powerful corporation / conglomerate 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
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
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
豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn
段祺瑞 duàn qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
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
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
帮闲 幫閑 bāng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc syn
攀龙附凤 攀龍附鳳 pān lóng fù fèng hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom) / fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement / see 扳龍附鳳|扳龙附凤[ban1 long2 fu4 feng4] 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
阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn
驵 駔 zǎng powerful horse syn
大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn
皇亲国戚 皇親國戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom) / person with powerful connections syn
掷地有声 擲地有聲 zhì dì yǒu shēng lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom) / fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating / to have substance syn
金戈铁马 金戈鐵馬 jīn gē tiě mǎ very powerful army
富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn
两虎相斗 兩虎相鬥 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants
吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹箫乞食 吹簫乞食 chuī xiāo qǐ shí to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
夤缘攀附 夤緣攀附 yín yuán pān fù to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing
如蝇逐臭 如蠅逐臭 rú yíng zhú chòu like flies pursuing a stink (idiom) / the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
扳龙附凤 扳龍附鳳 bān lóng fù fèng hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom) / fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
攀高结贵 攀高結貴 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom) / to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful / social climbing
有钱有势 有錢有勢 yǒu qián yǒu shì rich and powerful (idiom)
波澜老成 波瀾老成 bō lán lǎo chéng splendid and powerful (of story) / majestic / awesome
谋臣武将 謀臣武將 móu chén wǔ jiàng strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
谋臣猛将 謀臣猛將 móu chén měng jiàng strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
一字褒贬 一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn lit. dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / fig. concise and powerful style
众口铄金 眾口鑠金 zhòng kǒu shuò jīn lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
奥援 奧援 ào yuán hidden ally / powerful support / support / backup
托凤攀龙 tuō fèng pān lóng (idiom) To attach oneself to an emperor or powerful people in order to gain an advantage. It means currying favor with and seeking the protection of the powerful.
抱粗腿 bào cū tuǐ to latch on to the rich and powerful
騤 kuí powerful / strong
王敦 wáng dūn Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導|王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324
伍奢 wǔ shē Wu She (-522 BC), powerful minister of Chu and father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥
公私交迫 gōng sī jiāo pò combined public and private interests are a powerful force (idiom)
势族 勢族 shì zú influential family / powerful clan
势要 勢要 shì yào influential figure / powerful person
叱吒风云 叱吒風雲 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful / variant of 叱咤風雲|叱咤风云[chi4 zha4 feng1 yun2]
如蚁附膻 如蟻附膻 rú yǐ fù shān like ants pursuing a stink (idiom) / the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash syn
强兵 強兵 qiáng bīng strong soldiers / make the military powerful (political slogan)
战国七雄 戰國七雄 zhàn guó qī xióng Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓|韩[Han2], 趙|赵[Zhao4], 魏[Wei4] and 秦[Qin2]
攀附权贵 攀附權貴 pān fù quán guì to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom) / social climbing
翻手为云覆手变雨 翻手為雲覆手變雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
钱能通神 錢能通神 qián néng tōng shén money is all-powerful / money can move God
赵高 趙高 zhào gāo Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
炸弹之父 炸彈之父 zhà dàn zhī fù Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
太平公主 tài píng gōng zhǔ Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
柄臣 bǐng chén powerful official / big shot
大型空爆炸弹 大型空爆炸彈 dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
炸弹之母 炸彈之母 zhà dàn zhī mǔ Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
千乘之国 千乘之國 qiān shèng zhī guó (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state
大兵 dà bīng soldier / large army / powerful army / (old) large-scale war syn
拔根汗毛比腰粗 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
勃艮第 bó gèn dì Burgundy (Bourgogne), a medieval kingdom and later a powerful duchy, now a region of France
龙骧虎步 龍驤虎步 lóng xiāng - hǔ bù (idiom) powerful and imposing demeanor syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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