"Powerful" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qiáng dà large / formidable / powerful / strong
 yǒu quán to have the right to / to be entitled to / to have authority / powerful
 yǒu lì powerful / forceful / vigorous
 qiáng jìng strong / powerful / robust
 qiáng lì powerful
 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
 xióng jiàn vigorous / robust / powerful
 chòng powerful / vigorous / pungent / towards / in view of
 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence
 jìng stalwart / sturdy / strong / powerful
 kuí (of a horse) powerful / strong
 pī multitudinous / powerful
 huán huán mighty / powerful
 jìng strong / powerful
 zhěn (of a bow) impactful / powerful
 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 fù háo rich and powerful person
 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon
 xióng fēng vigor / virility / dynamism / (literary) powerful wind
 qiáng guó powerful country / great power
 háo mén rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots
 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce
 qiáng dí powerful enemy
 wēi měng bold and powerful
 qiáng duì a powerful team (sports)
 qiáng shèng rich and powerful
 háo fàng bold and unconstrained / powerful and free
 fù qiáng rich and powerful
 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
 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)
 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful
 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
 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
 dà yòng to put sb in powerful position / to empower
 qiáng zhèn powerful earthquake / abbr. for 強烈地震|强烈地震
 Wǔ Zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu / famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]
 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
 lóng hǔ dòu fight between powerful contenders
 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
 jìn shuǐ lóu tái lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) / fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot
 Duàn Qí ruì Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
 mén fá rich and powerful family
 Wáng Dǎo Wang Dao (276-339), powerful official of Jin dynasty and brother of general Wang Dun 王敦, regent of Jin from 325
 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) / fig. a well-trained and powerful army
 bāng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve
 zǎng powerful horse
 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud
 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom) / person with powerful connections
 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
 jīn gē tiě mǎ very powerful army
 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)
 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants
 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
 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
 yín yuán pān fù to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom) / to advance one's career by currying favor / social climbing
 rú yíng zhú chòu like flies pursuing a stink (idiom) / the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
 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
 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
 yǒu qián yǒu shì rich and powerful (idiom)
 bō lán lǎo chéng splendid and powerful (of story) / majestic / awesome
 móu chén wǔ jiàng strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
 móu chén měng jiàng strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
 yī zì bāo biǎn dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / concise and powerful style
 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
 ào yuán hidden ally / powerful support / support / backup
 bào cū tuǐ to latch on to the rich and powerful
 kuí powerful / strong
 zhà dàn zhī mǔ Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
 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
 Wǔ shē Wu She (-522 BC), powerful minister of Chu and father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥
 gōng sī jiāo pò combined public and private interests are a powerful force (idiom)
 shì zú influential family / powerful clan
 shì yào influential figure / powerful person
 rú yǐ fù shān like ants pursuing a stink (idiom) / the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
 qiáng bīng strong soldiers / make the military powerful (political slogan)
 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]
 pān fù quán guì to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom) / social climbing
 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)
 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
 zhà dàn zhī fù Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
 Tài píng gōng zhǔ Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
 bǐng chén powerful official / big shot
 dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
 qiān shèng zhī guó (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) &ndash / a powerful state
 dà bīng soldier / large army / powerful army / (old) large-scale war
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