时势

Traditional form:

時勢

Pinyin (reading):

shíshì

Definitions:

• current situation
• circumstances
• current trend

Characters:

• 时 - time, season; period, era, age
• 势 - power, force; tendency, attitude

Traditional characters:

• 時 - time, season; period, era, age
• 勢 - power, force; tendency, attitude