checks and balances 制衡

checks and balances
繁：制衡
简：制衡

林鄭月娥說，會形容三權關係是各司其職，希望可以互相配合，亦認同可以互相制衡。行政、立法和司法機關按基本法要互相做自己職能，互相制衡及配合，但最終三個機關要透過行政長官向中央人民政府負責。

林鄭月娥：香港沒有三權分立　三權各司其職互相制衡（2020年9月1日）。rthk，取自https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1547151-20200901.htm

Even so, Lam maintained the three branches of government had “their respective responsibilities”, and “cooperate among each other, but there are also checks and balances among them”.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sides with education chief on no ‘separation of powers’ in city, defends move to delete phrase from textbooks. (2020, September 1). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3099729/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-insists-there-no-separation