三權鼎立

separation of powers

three / 3

surname Quan

authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary

ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces

to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately