The Chinese word **劣势 (lièshì)**, meaning "disadvantage" or "inferior position," is a compound formed by combining two meaningful characters: **劣 (liè)**, which carries the core meaning of "inferior," "poor quality," or "weak," and **势 (shì)**, which means "situation," "position," or "power." Together, they create a conceptual blend where **势** provides the contextual frame of a circumstance or stance, and **劣** specifies the negative quality of that circumstance, thus directly constructing the notion of an "inferior situation." This formation follows the common Chinese morphological pattern of modifying a general noun (势) with a descriptive adjective (劣) to generate a new, specific term.