权术

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

CEDICT

  1. (derogatory, politics) political trickery; shifts in politics
  2. political trickery; shifts in politics

Wiktionary

为达目的而使用权谋智巧的手段。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 权 quán
  1. authority
  2. power
  3. right
  4. (literary) to weigh
  5. expedient
  6. temporary
2 术 shù
  1. method
  2. technique

Containing this entry

祭司权术 jìsīquánshù priestcraft

Related entries

玩手腕 wánshǒuwàn
  1. to play tricks
  2. to play at politics