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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
集權 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
集權 ＝ 集 ＋ 權
ㄐㄧˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ · jíquán
verb/noun — to centralize power; centralization of authority in one hand

字源 FORM — what the parts do

集to gather, to collect (集合)jí
權power, authority (權力)quán
集權，集合的集，權力的權。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

鳥（隹）全停上一棵樹（木），權力（權）也聚到一處。
The birds (隹) all settle on one tree (木); power (權) gathers to one place too.
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權力quánlìthe same 權 — power itself分權fēnquánto divide power — the antonym