势力 / 勢力
shì li
Meaning
- power
- influence
- a force (military, political and so on)
Example sentences
但自从海运开通以后，西方的势力渐渐进入东方了。
但自從海運開通以後，西方的勢力漸漸進入東方了。
dàn zì cóng hǎi yùn kāi tōng yǐ hòu， xī fāng de shì lì jiàn jiàn jìn rù dōng fāng le。
However, since the opening of maritime trade routes, Western influence has gradually spread to the East.
党为自己的利益追求势力。我们对别人不体贴；我们只追求势力。
黨爲自己的利益追求勢力。我們對別人不體貼；我們只追求勢力。
dǎng wèi zì jǐ de lì yì zhuī qiú shì lì。 wǒ men duì bié rén bù tǐ tiē； wǒ men zhǐ zhuī qiú shì lì。
The Party pursues power for its own benefit. We are inconsiderate of others; we only pursue power.