夺权
duó quán
Pinyin

Definition

夺权
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duó quán
  1. to seize power

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人权
rén quán
  1. 1 human rights
剥夺
bō duó
  1. 1 to deprive
  2. 2 to expropriate
  3. 3 to strip (sb of his property)
夺冠
duó guàn
  1. 1 to seize the crown
  2. 2 fig. to win a championship
  3. 3 to win gold medal
夺得
duó dé
  1. 1 to take (after a struggle)
  2. 2 to wrest
  3. 3 to seize
  4. 4 to capture
  5. 5 to win (a trophy)
授权
shòu quán
  1. 1 to authorize
掠夺
lu:è duó
  1. 1 to plunder
  2. 2 to rob
权
Quán
  1. 1 surname Quan
权利
quán lì
  1. 1 right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
  2. 2 (classical) power and wealth
权力
quán lì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 authority
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
争夺
zhēng duó
  1. 1 to fight over
  2. 2 to contest
  3. 3 to vie over
特权
tè quán
  1. 1 prerogative
  2. 2 privilege
  3. 3 privileged
主动权
zhǔ dòng quán
  1. 1 initiative (as in "seize the initiative")
  2. 2 advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
主权
zhǔ quán
  1. 1 sovereignty
使用权
shǐ yòng quán
  1. 1 usage rights
侵权
qīn quán
  1. 1 to infringe the rights of
  2. 2 to violate
  3. 3 infringement
债权
zhài quán
  1. 1 creditor's rights (law)
债权人
zhài quán rén
  1. 1 creditor
全权
quán quán
  1. 1 full powers
  2. 2 total authority
  3. 3 plenipotentiary powers
加权
jiā quán
  1. 1 (math.) to weight
  2. 2 weighting
  3. 3 weighted (average, index etc)

Idioms (17)

不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
  1. 1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
  2. 2 fierce rivalry
  3. 3 tug-of-war
喧宾夺主
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
  1. 1 lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction
  3. 3 minor details obscure the main point
  4. 4 the sauce is better than the fish
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
夺门而出
duó mén ér chū
  1. 1 to rush out through a door (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
  1. 1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
  2. 2 sophistry
  3. 3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
  4. 4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
权宜之策
quán yí zhī cè
  1. 1 stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift plan
  3. 3 interim step
权宜之计
quán yí zhī jì
  1. 1 plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift stratagem
  3. 3 interim step
权衡利弊
quán héng lì bì
  1. 1 to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
争分夺秒
zhēng fēn duó miǎo
  1. 1 lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time
  2. 2 making every second count
争名夺利
zhēng míng duó lì
  1. 1 to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth
  2. 2 only interested in personal gain
争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì
  1. 1 scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
璀璨夺目
cuǐ càn duó mù
  1. 1 dazzling (idiom)

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