大權在握

大
大
权
權
在
在
握
握
to be in a position of power

Characters and words in 大權在握

大
dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人
大
dà = d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人
大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
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大
大
权
權
power / authority
权
權
quán = qu + an2
surname Quan
Add a new mnemonic for 权 = 又 + 木
Add a new mnemonic for 權 = 木 + 雚
权 = 又 + 木 : Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).
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权
權
quán = qu + an2
authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary
Add a new mnemonic for 权 = 又 + 木
Add a new mnemonic for 權 = 木 + 雚
权 = 又 + 木 : Cupid (qu) wants to display his power (权) and authority (又) in the anthill's kitchen (an2), so he beats off every needle of a Christmas tree (木) wearing boxing gloves (又).
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在
zài = z + ai4
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
Add a new mnemonic for 在 = 一 + 亻 + 土
在 = 一 + 亻 + 土 : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".
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在
握
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
握
wò = w + o4
to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / to master / classifier: a handful
Add a new mnemonic for 握 = 屋 + 扌
握 = 屋 + 扌 : Willy Walrus's (w) garden shack (屋) was just about to fall into the well in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Willy was able to grasp (握) it at the last moment with a toy claw (屋).
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握
wò = w + o4
to hold; to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful
Add a new mnemonic for 握 = 屋 + 扌

Words with 大權在握

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Sentences with 大權在握

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