抑止
yì zhǐ
Pinyin
Definition
抑止
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- to supress
- to restrain
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to stop
- 2 to halt
- 3 to cease
- 1 to constrain or repress emotions
- 2 oppressive
- 3 stifling
- 4 depressing
- 5 repression
- 1 to stop
- 2 to prohibit
- 3 until
- 4 only
- 1 until
- 2 (used in combination with words like 到[dào] or 至[zhì] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- 1 to prohibit
- 2 to forbid
- 3 to ban
Idioms (18)
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
充饥止渴
- 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
叹为观止
- 1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
- 2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
学无止境
- 1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
- 2 You live and learn.
屡禁不止
- 1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)