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Trad. 搤

variant of 扼[e4]

🖌️ 扼 Strokes

to grip forcefully
to clutch at
to guard
to control
to hold

🖌️ 扼 Strokes

to control
to restrain

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 制 Strokes

to hold a pass
to guard (a strategic location)

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 守 Strokes

to strangle
to throttle
to stifle (opinions)

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 死 Strokes

Trad. 扼殺

to strangle
to throttle

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 杀 Strokes

to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 腕 Strokes

to the point
concise

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 要 Strokes

Trad. 扼頸

to strangle
to throttle

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 颈 Strokes

简jiǎn 明míng 扼è 要yào

Trad. 簡明扼要

brief and to the point (idiom)
succinct

🖌️ 简 Strokes 🖌️ 明 Strokes 🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 要 Strokes

扼è 喉hóu 抚fǔ 背bèi

Trad. 扼喉撫背

lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
fig. to occupy all key points (military)

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 喉 Strokes 🖌️ 抚 Strokes 🖌️ 背 Strokes

扼è 襟jīn 控kòng 咽yān

to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

🖌️ 扼 Strokes 🖌️ 襟 Strokes 🖌️ 控 Strokes 🖌️ 咽 Strokes