粵

權kyun4術seot6

simp权术
kyun4 seot6quán shù

English

  1. art of politics
  2. political tricks (often derog.)
  3. power play
  4. to play at politics
  5. underhand trickery
  6. machiavellianism (political thought)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種鑽研政治手段,喺官場爭權奪利嘅學問;喺中國古代,由法家所提倡,主要研究君主統治國家時要點樣控制朝野,監視官員,唔好俾官員權力過大;喺歐洲,權術嘅代表有《君王論》;喺現代,有負面嘅意思

Examples

  • 玩弄權術

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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