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优势

yōu shì · you shi

Traditional 優勢

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. superiority
  2. dominance
  3. advantage
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Who has the advantage?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)个子(gèzi)高(gāo)，打篮球(dǎlánqiú)很有(hěnyǒu)优势(yōushì)。

    You are tall, so you have a big advantage at basketball.

  2. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)跑得(pǎode)慢(màn)，这(zhè)不是(bùshì)优势(yōushì)。

    But I run slowly. That is not an advantage.

  3. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)优势(yōushì)是(shì)手(shǒu)长(cháng)，我的(wǒde)优势(yōushì)是(shì)跑得(pǎode)快(kuài)。

    Your advantage is long arms. Mine is running fast.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)一队(yīduì)，优势(yōushì)就(jiù)大(dà)了(le)！

    Then we team up, and our advantage is huge!

  5. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)的(de)优势(yōushì)很大(hěndà)，可是(kěshì)球(qiú)在(zài)我(wǒ)手里(shǒulǐ)。

    Your advantage is big, but the ball is in my hands.

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2 examples
01

如(rú)果(guǒ)系(xì)统(tǒng)工(gōng)程(chéng)师(shī)继(jì)续(xù)离(lí)开(kāi)，公(gōng)司(sī)的(de)竞(jìng)争(zhēng)优(yōu)势(shì)将(jiāng)会(huì)被(bèi)削(xuē)弱(ruò)。

The company's competitive edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)很(hěn)努(nǔ)力(lì)地(de)超(chāo)过(guò)对(duì)方(fāng)获(huò)得(dé)优(yōu)势(shì)。

They tried very hard to gain an advantage over one another.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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优
yōu

excellent; superior

势
shì

power; influence

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