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遏止

è zhǐ

C1–C2 Level 7

遏止 (è zhǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to hold back”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to hold back
  2. to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)
  3. to resist
  4. esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).