局势

Traditional form:

局勢

Pinyin (reading):

júshì

Definitions:

• situation
• state (of affairs)

Characters:

• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation
• 势 - power, force; tendency, attitude

Traditional characters:

• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation
• 勢 - power, force; tendency, attitude