扼襟控咽
è jīn kòng yān
Pinyin

Definition

扼襟控咽
 - 
è jīn kòng yān
  1. to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

Related Words (20)

zhǎng kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 in control of
kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to accuse
  3. 3 to charge
  4. 4 to sue
  5. 5 to invert a container to empty it
  6. 6 (suffix) (slang) buff
  7. 7 enthusiast
  8. 8 devotee
  9. 9 -phile or -philia
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
yān
  1. 1 narrow pass
  2. 2 throat
  3. 3 pharynx
yān hóu
  1. 1 throat

Idioms (9)

扼喉抚背
è hóu fǔ bèi
  1. 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
扼襟控咽
è jīn kòng yān
  1. 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
捉襟见肘
zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
  1. 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  2. 2 strapped for cash
  3. 3 unable to make ends meet
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
  1. 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself