拘
jū
Pinyin

Definition

拘
 - 
jū
  1. to capture
  2. to restrain
  3. to constrain
  4. to adhere rigidly to
  5. inflexible

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

拘留
jū liú
  1. 1 to detain (a prisoner)
  2. 2 to keep sb in custody
无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 unbuttoned
  3. 3 without care or worries
不拘
bù jū
  1. 1 not stick to
  2. 2 not confine oneself to
  3. 3 whatever
不拘一格
bù jū yī gé
  1. 1 not stick to one pattern
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)

Idioms (3)

不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
放诞不拘
fàng dàn bù jū
  1. 1 wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 unbuttoned
  3. 3 without care or worries

Sample Sentences

事实上，前几天才报道了有人在高铁上“霸座”，被行政拘留的事情呢。
shìshí shàng ，qián jǐtiān cái bàodào le yǒurén zài gāotiě shàng “bàzuò ”，bèi xíngzhèng jūliú de shìqing ne 。
In fact a few days ago there was a report of a passenger on the high speed rail who took a seat illegally and was retained by administrative officers.
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举个例子，《左传·襄公二十七年》中记载，齐景公和郑简公为解救被晋国拘禁的卫献公而带领侍从出使晋国。在如此微妙的外交情境中，其中的外交辞令引用了无数《诗经》之语。
jǔ gè lìzi ，《Zuǒzhuàn ·Xiānggōng èrshí qī nián 》zhōng jìzǎi ，Qíjǐnggōng hé Zhèngjiǎngōng wèi jiějiù bèi jìnguó jūjìn de Wèixiàngōng ér dàilǐng shìcóng chūshǐ jìnguó 。zài rúcǐ wēimiào de wàijiāo qíngjìng zhōng ，qízhōngde wàijiāo cílìng yǐnyòng le wúshù 《shījīng 》zhī yǔ 。
As an example, in the records of the 27th year of the reign of Duke Xiang of Lu in the Commentary of Zuo, to rescue Duke Xian of Wei from imprisonment by the Jin, Duke Jing of Qi and Duke Jian of Zheng led a delegation to Jin. In such particular diplomatic circumstances, the diplomatic rhetoric made innumerable references to poems in the Shijing.
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是吗？有幽默感和独创性？这么看来又有点儿像B型血的性格。不过B型的人一般不拘小节，喜欢自由，有些我行我素，爱好很多，但是没有常性，容易喜新厌旧，和A型正好是完全相反的类型。
shì ma ？yǒu yōumògǎn hé dúchuàngxìng ？zhème kànlai yòu yǒudiǎnr xiàng Bxíng xiě de xìnggé 。bùguò Bxíng de rén yībān bùjūxiǎojié ，xǐhuan zìyóu ，yǒuxiē wǒxíngwǒsù ，àihào hěn duō ，dànshì méiyǒu chángxìng ，róngyì xǐxīnyànjiù ，hé Axíng zhènghǎo shì wánquán xiāngfǎn de lèixíng 。
Really? He's got a sense of humor and creativity? Looking at it that way, it seems like he's got a Type-B blood kind of personality. But people with B blood don't usually worry about little details. They like freedom, and they have a ''my way or the highway" attitude. They have a lot of hobbies, but they're not very persistent. They like new things and get sick of old stuff. They're perfectly opposite from Type-A blood people.
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鲁迅：“很诧异天下竟有这样拘迂的老先生。”
LǔXùn ：“hěn chàyì tiānxià jìng yǒu zhèyàng jūyū de lǎoxiānsheng 。”
Lu Xun: " I am shocked to find there exists an old narrow-minded pedantic scholar like him."
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拘迂
jūyū
inflexible, stubborn
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老公，你要知道，酒后驾车不仅要罚款，还要扣证的。像你这样，醉酒后驾车罪加一等，不仅要罚款和扣证，还要拘留的。而且现在又是严打......
lǎogong ，nǐ yào zhīdào ，jiǔhòu jiàchē bùjǐn yào fákuǎn ，hái yào kòu zhèng de 。xiàng nǐ zhèyàng ，zuìjiǔ hòu jiàchē zuì jiā yī děng ，bùjǐn yào fákuǎn hé to deduct zhèng ，hái yào jūliú de 。érqiě xiànzài yòu shì yándǎ ......
Honey, you know, drunk driving won't just get you a fine. You also lose your license. In your condition, a drunk driver gets charged with a double offense: not only do you get fined and lose your license, you get arrested too. Plus there's a crackdown underway...
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你非法买卖枪支，我们现在拘捕你。
nǐ fēifǎ mǎimài qiāngzhī ，wǒmen xiànzài jūbǔ nǐ 。
You’re illegally trafficking in firearms. You are now under arrest.
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