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kiềm lại

Pronunciation Northern /kiə̤m˨˩ la̰ːʔj˨˩/ Central /kiəm˧˧ la̰ːj˨˨/ Southern /kiəm˨˩ laːj˨˩˨/
restrain
Verb
restrain
1 senses 2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
restrain Core ActionsTheme

To keep oneself from acting impulsively by restraining feelings or actions.

Parts
kiềm / lại / 鉗吏
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Components

Components

kiềm lại
Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
鉗吏
Candidates by syllable
kiềm 鉗（拑 / 鈐） lại 吏
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
kiềm chế / kiềm hãm / kiềm toả / kim loại kiềm …
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kiềm (alkali) — words using
lại (again) — words using
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