势在必行 — Chinese idiom
势在必行
shì zài bì xíng
Traditional: 勢在必行
Meaning
- circumstances require action ; absolutely necessary
- imperative
Character by character
- 势shìpower, force; tendency, attitude
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present
- 必bìsurely, certainly; must; will
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
Idioms sharing a character
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 仗势欺人 zhàng shì qī rén
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì
- 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势均力敌 shì jūn lì dí
- 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
- 势成骑虎 shì chéng qí hǔ
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