权谋

權謀

quánmóu

noun #58,730

Meanings

1 political scheming; power tactics
2 Stratagems, a chapter of Liu Xiang's Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan)

Characters

power; expediency

Examples

HSK 5

他靠权谋上位，却失去了朋友。

Tā kào quánmóu shàngwèi, què shīqù le péngyou.

He rose to the top through scheming, but lost his friends along the way.

HSK 7-9

这部剧讲的是古代宫廷里的权谋斗争。

Zhè bù jù jiǎng de shì gǔdài gōngtíng lǐ de quánmóu dòuzhēng.

This drama is about scheming and power struggles at an ancient imperial court.

Tips

history

Originally neutral: tactics fitted to the moment, the sense of the chapter 权谋 in 刘向's 《说苑》 (Western Han). Today it suggests scheming for power, as in 权谋剧, the court-intrigue drama genre.

Stroke Order

权 quán

谋 móu