to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock
trad. 審時度勢
Also written 審時度勢【shěn shí duó shì】
Characters in this word
4审
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to examine, to investigate, carefully, to try (in court)
- Pinyin
- shěn
- Traditional
- 審
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 26329 of 2500
时
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old variant of 時|时[shi2]
- Pinyin
- shí
- Traditional
- 旹
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 224 of 2500
度
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to pass, to spend (time), measure, limit, extent, degree of intensity, degree (angles, temperature etc), kilowatt-hour, classifier for events and occurrences
- Pinyin
- dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2384 of 2500
势
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power, influence, potential, momentum, tendency, trend, situation, conditions, outward appearance, sign, gesture, male genitals
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 勢
- Strokes
- 8