制衡

to check and balance (power) / checks and balances

Characters and words in 制衡

system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]
to manufacture / to make

= + + : James II of England (zh) and the bull (牛) have to work in a sweatshop in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where they manufacture (制) one printed circuit board (制) after the other. Their only tools are kitchen knives (刂) with which they carve the boards. They sweat a lot, so each of them has a towel (巾) wrapped around their neck.
to weigh / weight / measure

= + + + : Hamlet (h) and Neanderthal Man (人) don't know how much fish (鱼) they should have for dinner. In engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) they decide that they will settle the issue by balancing (衡) they shoes with an equal amount of fish. Hamlet commences by balancing his black sneaker (彳) with three fish. After he finished Neanderthal Man balanced his full armor boot (亍) by using nine fish.

Words with 制衡

separation of powers for checks and balances

Sentences with 制衡

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