主权 (zhǔ quán) — sovereignty

Definition

Examples

• 台湾是中国不可分割的一部分，其主权不容侵犯。
  Tái wān shì zhōng guó bù kě fēn gē de yí bù fen, qí zhǔ quán bù róng qīn fàn.
  Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, and its sovereignty is inviolable.
• 这个国家为了维护主权，不惜与邻国发生冲突。
  Zhè ge guó jiā wèi le wéi hù zhǔ quán, bù xī yǔ lín guó fā shēng chōng tū.
  This country went so far as to have conflicts with its neighbors to safeguard sovereignty.
• 在国际法上，主权意味着一个国家拥有自主决定内部事务的权利。
  Zài guó jì fǎ shàng, zhǔ quán yì wèi zhe yí gè guó jiā yōng yǒu zì zhǔ jué dìng nèi bù shì wù de quán lì.
  In international law, sovereignty means a country has the right to independently decide its internal affairs.