勢 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Potential / Momentum

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shì

zei

세

勢 is a word that means potential or momentum in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Depending on the context, this can also be translated as an influence, tendency, military strength (potential), or power.

Strike While the Iron is Hot

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chéng shì

乘勢 is a short Chinese word that means to “seize the opportunity” and is similar to the English provers, “to strike while the iron is hot.”

Warriors Adapt and Overcome

Soldiers need a fluid plan

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bīng wú cháng shì shuǐ wú cháng xíng

This literally translates as: Troops/soldiers/warriors have no fixed [battlefield] strategy [just as] water has no constant shape [but adapts itself to whatever container it is in].

Figuratively, this means: One should seek to find whatever strategy or method is best suited to resolving each individual problem.

This proverb is about as close as you can get to the military idea of “adapt improvise overcome.” 兵無常勢水無常形 is the best way to express that idea in both an ancient way, and a very natural way in Chinese.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
勢势 see styles	shì shi4 shih zei / ze ぜい	More info & calligraphy: Potential / Momentum power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals (suffix) group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.); (personal name) Seiji bala, sthāman. Power, influence, authority; aspect, circumstances.
乘勢乘势 see styles	chéng shì cheng2 shi4 ch`eng shih cheng shih	More info & calligraphy: Strike While the Iron is Hot to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot
一勢 see styles	kazunari かずなり	一勢 Custom Scroll (given name) Kazunari
三勢 see styles	mise みせ	三勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Mise
上勢 see styles	uese うえせ	上勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Uese
不勢 see styles	buzei / buze ぶぜい	不勢 Custom Scroll few; numerical inferiority
中勢 see styles	nakase なかせ	中勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Nakase
丸勢 see styles	maruse まるせ	丸勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Maruse
丹勢 see styles	tanze たんぜ	丹勢 Custom Scroll (place-name) Tanze
久勢 see styles	hisase ひさせ	久勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Hisase
事勢事势 see styles	shì shì shi4 shi4 shih shih	事勢 Custom Scroll state of affairs
二勢 see styles	futase ふたせ	二勢 Custom Scroll (place-name) Futase
井勢 see styles	ise いせ	井勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Ise
亘勢 see styles	kousei / kose こうせい	亘勢 Custom Scroll (personal name) Kōsei
人勢人势 see styles	rén shì ren2 shi4 jen shih	(human) penis (TCM)
仗勢仗势 see styles	zhàng shì zhang4 shi4 chang shih	仗勢 Custom Scroll to rely on power
付勢 see styles	fusei / fuse ふせい	付勢 Custom Scroll (noun/participle) energization (electrical); bias
以勢 see styles	ise いせ	以勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Ise
任勢 see styles	ninzei / ninze にんぜい	任勢 Custom Scroll (surname) Ninzei
伊勢 see styles	ise いせ	伊勢 Custom Scroll (1) (hist) Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); (2) Ise (city); (surname) Tose
伏勢 see styles	fuse ふせ	伏勢 Custom Scroll ambush; (place-name) Fuse
体勢 see styles	taisei / taise たいせい	体勢 Custom Scroll posture; position; stance
余勢 see styles	yosei / yose よせい	余勢 Custom Scroll surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
作勢作势 see styles	zuò shì zuo4 shi4 tso shih	作勢 Custom Scroll to adopt an attitude; to strike a posture
來勢来势 see styles	lái shì lai2 shi4 lai shih	來勢 Custom Scroll momentum of something approaching
供勢 see styles	tomozei / tomoze ともぜい	供勢 Custom Scroll attendants; retinue
俊勢 see styles	toshise としせ	俊勢 Custom Scroll (given name) Toshise
借勢借势 see styles	jiè shì jie4 shi4 chieh shih	借勢 Custom Scroll to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity
傷勢伤势 see styles	shāng shì shang1 shi4 shang shih	傷勢 Custom Scroll condition of an injury
優勢优势 see styles	yōu shì you1 shi4 yu shih yuusei / yuse ゆうせい	優勢 Custom Scroll superiority; dominance; advantage (noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 劣勢) superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Potential Momentum	勢势	zei	shì / shi4 / shi	shih
Strike While the Iron is Hot	乘勢乘势		chéng shì cheng2 shi4 cheng shi chengshi	ch`eng shih chengshih cheng shih
Warriors Adapt and Overcome	兵無常勢水無常形兵无常势水无常形		bīng wú cháng shì shuǐ wú cháng xíng bing1 wu2 chang2 shi4 shui3 wu2 chang2 xing2 bing wu chang shi shui wu chang xing	ping wu ch`ang shih shui wu ch`ang hsing ping wu chang shih shui wu chang hsing
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.