balance of power

English

balance of power (usually uncountable, plural balances of power)

(politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.

situation of equilibrium

Chinese:
Mandarin: 權力平衡／权力平衡 (quánlì pínghéng), 均勢／均势 (zh) (jūnshì), 勢力均衡／势力均衡 (shìlì jūnhéng)
Danish: magtbalance c
Dutch: machtsbalans (nl) f
Finnish: voimatasapaino
French: équilibre des pouvoirs m
Georgian: ძალთა ბალანსი (ʒalta balansi)
German: Mächtegleichgewicht n
Japanese: パワーバランス (pawā baransu), 勢力均衡 (せいりょくきんこう, seiryoku kinkō), 均勢 (ja) (きんせい, kinsei)
Persian: توازن قدرت (tavâzon-e qodrat)
Polish: równowaga sił f
Romanian: echilibrul puterilor n
Russian: бала́нс сил m (baláns sil), равнове́сие сил n (ravnovésije sil)
Swedish: maktbalans c

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