制止
zhì zhǐ
Pinyin
Definition
制止
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- to curb
- to put a stop to
- to stop
- to check
- to limit
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 incessantly
- 2 without end
- 3 more than
- 4 not limited to
- 1 to stop
- 2 to halt
- 3 to cease
- 1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
Idioms (20)
令行禁止
- 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
- 2 to ensure strictly obedience
以夷制夷
- 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
- 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
充饥止渴
- 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
先发制人
- 1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
- 2 to anticipate
- 3 preemptive
叹为观止
- 1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
- 2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
Sample Sentences
快!制止这个遥控装置!”
"Quickly! Disable the remote control!"