得势

得勢

déshì

verb #36,190

Meanings

1 to gain power
2 to come into authority
3 to be in the ascendant

Characters

power / influence

Examples

HSK 3

他一得势就忘了从前的朋友。

Tā yī déshì jiù wàng le cóngqián de péngyou.

The moment he came into power he forgot his old friends.

HSK 5

新派人物在朝中逐渐得势。

Xīnpài rénwù zài cháo zhōng zhújiàn déshì.

The new faction gradually gained power at court.

Tips

usage

Often slightly negative - implies having grasped power and now flexing it, sometimes at others' expense. The opposite is 失势 'to lose power'. Common in political and historical writing about court factions, business rivalries, etc.

Stroke Order

得 de

势 shì