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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大权在握

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大权在握 dà quán zài wò - to be in a position of power

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 65,159 50,683

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
quán- surname Quan
quán- authority
- power
- right
- (literary) to weigh
- expedient
- temporary
zài- to exist; to be alive
- (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
- (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- to hold; to grasp
- to clench (one's fist)
- (bound form) to have in one's control
- classifier: a handful

Other Words Containing 大权在握

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo