權力 (quánlì) — power; authority; the capacity to exercise control over others

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權力 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)

權力＝權＋力

ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ · quánlì

noun — power; authority; the capacity to exercise control over others

字源 FORM — what the parts do

權authority; rights; a balance arm (人權的權)quán木 (wood) + 雚 quán phonetic; original meaning: a counterweight on a balance — to weigh, then to hold authority

力strength, force (能力的力)lìpictograph of a flexed arm with muscle — physical force

權力，人權的權，能力的力。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一手持秤（權：木+雚），一手展力（力）——衡量與強制，是權力的兩面。

One hand holds the balance arm (權: 木+雚, the wooden counterweight) and the other shows the flexed muscle (力) — authority that measures and force that strikes: the two faces of power.

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