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权
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Definitions
- 1. authority
- 2. power
- 3. right
- 4. (literary) to weigh
- 5. expedient
- 6. temporary
Words Containing 权
authority
Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong
warrant (finance)
to authorize
copyright
the right to autonomy
creditor country
contingency theory (theory of leadership)
Game of Thrones (TV series)
separation of powers for checks and balances
property rights
equity shares
custody (of a child etc)
preemptive right (in share issue)
prerogative
influential officials
position
initiative (as in \seize the initiative\)
authoritative
to go beyond one's authority
authority
full powers
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups
power
power struggle
suzerainty
centralized state power
Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[shāng qiū], Henan
not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
priestcraft
totalitarian
supreme power
to act temporarily as
to adapt to circumstances
authority to dispose of sth
power
the right to be elected
autocracy
right of attribution
to waive a right
the EU Sakharov Human Rights Prize
real power; genuine power
intellectual property
bill of rights
jurisdiction
to consider
Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[shāng qiū], Henan
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
tort; infringement (of sb's rights)
Human Rights law (Hong Kong)
warrant (law)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
to usurp power
civil rights
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
a plenipotentiary (representative)
human rights
property ownership or right
women's suffrage
puppet state
property right
diplomatic immunity
creditor
power
hegemony
plenipotentiary ambassador
an oversubscribed share
power vacuum
sovereignty
to have the right to
copyright
royalty
economic rights (e.g. of a state monopoly)
right of abode (law)
centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
to have no right
a human rights activist
abuse of authority
trickery
suffrage
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
divine right (of kings)
totalitarianism
universal suffrage
right to protection by law (law)
weighted average
centralized autocratic rule
incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
scepter
(literary) temporarily
to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
to abuse power to crush the law
immunity from prosecution
discretion
keys of authority
creditor's rights (law)
separation of powers
delta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[wú] in the Three Kingdoms period
jurisdiction
leadership (role)
suffrage
to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
to be in a position of power
to usurp authority
discretionary power
art of politics
patent right
persons or faction in authority
authorized
power
the EU Sakharov prize for human rights
to defend (legal) rights
right of ownership
Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization
control (as in \to win control\)
separation of powers
Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
imperial power
permanent residency
the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duration of meetings, unless caught actually committing a crime, to members of the National Assembly, the Legislative Yuan, or a supervisory committee
Palestinian National Authority
sovereign
suffrage
administrative authority
life-and-death power
copyright
rights
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
person in power
the right to a fair trial
to exercise power
to delegate power; to decentralize authority
international human rights norms
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
patent
to concentrate power in one's own hands
(law) absolute rights
privacy right
free agency
Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)
abuse of power
ownership
to wield (political etc) power
patriarchy
authority
copyright
all rights reserved (copyright statement)
scope of authority
visitation rights (law)
(math.) to weight
military leadership
right of inheritance
diplomatic immunity
ability to make one's own decisions
to act as if
democracy
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
inviolability
special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
power and position (politics)
(law) absolute rights
Human Rights in China (New York-based expatriate PRC organization)
right to vote
intellectual property rights (law)
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
diplomatic immunity
Game of Thrones (TV series)
theocracy
extent of one's rights
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi
veto power
expedient
women's rights
to infringe the rights of
sovereignty
one's personal rights
authority
matriarchy
index options
stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
fundamental civil rights
affirmative action
equal rights
usage rights
temporarily
birthright
ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout
China Beijing Equity Exchange (CBEX)
ruler
abuse of power
air rights
the right of speech
prior purchase right
copyright statement
authoritative
to sprout
obsessed by a craving for power
the right to host (an international meeting)
constituent
(finance) option
World Intellectual Property Organization
clan authority
power
theocracy
sovereign country
weight (i.e. importance attached to sth)
separation of powers
civil rights
to arrogate power
custody (of a child)
to seize power
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
hegemonism
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
civil rights activist
monarchical power
to do whatever is expedient
regime
power struggle
leadership authority
religious rule
feminism
scope of authority