权界 (quánjiè): the limits of one's authority;…

Meanings

1 the limits of one's authority; jurisdictional bounds
2 the extent of one's rights

Characters

权

Examples

这件事不在我的权界之内。

Zhè jiàn shì bú zài wǒ de quán jiè zhī nèi.

This matter is outside the limits of my authority.

划分清楚两个部门的权界很重要。

Huàfēn qīngchu liǎng ge bùmén de quán jiè hěn zhòngyào.

Clearly delineating the jurisdictional bounds between the two departments is important.

Tips

register

Formal / legal-administrative register. 权 (quán) = power/right + 界 (jiè) = boundary. Compare with 权限 (quánxiàn, 'authority limits' — much more common in everyday and tech contexts, e.g. 用户权限 user permissions) and 职权 (zhíquán, 'powers of office').