行使 xíngshǐ to exercise (a right etc)
How to remember 行使: 行 go + 使 use = to exercise (a right etc).
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How it is used
- To exercise a right or power - 行使权利 (xíngshǐ quánlì) exercise one's rights; 行使职权 (xíngshǐ zhíquán) exercise official authority.
- Formal/legal register; the object is an abstract right, power, or duty, never a physical action.
- 行 is read xíng here; don't confuse with the háng of the next entries.