势力
shìlì
power; influence
In a story
县令唐大人五十多岁，为人还算公正，就是胆子小，最怕得罪有势力的人。Magistrate Tang, in his fifties, was a fair enough man — merely timid, and terrified of offending the powerful.白银案·案一 · The Silver Case: Case One · HSK 5
矿上出银，商行运银，官府收税——三股势力，谁也离不开谁，谁也不服谁。The mine produced, the merchants shipped, the government taxed — three powers that could neither live apart nor bow to one another.白银案·案一 · The Silver Case: Case One · HSK 5
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