掣肘 - (lit.) to hold sb by the elbow, (fig.) to hold back, to impede, to handicap - chè zhǒu | Definition | ChinesePod.com

掣肘

chè zhǒu

Pinyin

Definition

掣肘

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chè zhǒu

(lit.) to hold sb by the elbow
(fig.) to hold back
to impede
to handicap

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

zhǒu zi

1 pork shoulder
2 (coll.) elbow

shǒu zhǒu

1 elbow

zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu

1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
2 strapped for cash
3 unable to make ends meet

gē bo zhǒu

1 elbow

chè zhǒu

1 (lit.) to hold sb by the elbow
2 (fig.) to hold back
3 to impede
4 to handicap

Idioms (3)

捉襟见肘

zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu

1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
2 strapped for cash
3 unable to make ends meet

胳膊肘朝外拐

gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi

1 the elbow turns the wrong way
2 to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

变生肘腋

biàn shēng zhǒu yè

1 lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep
2 trouble or danger in one's own backyard

Sample Sentences

对，支持脱欧派声称，百分之九十的英国经济与对欧盟的贸易无关，但仍然受欧盟规章的掣肘，所以摆脱欧盟将使英国许多中小企业无需再受欧盟规章制度的钳制，就业机会也会因此增多。

duì ，zhīchí tuōōu pài shēngchēng ，bǎifēnzhī jiǔshí de Yīngguó jīngjì yǔ duì Ōuméng de màoyì wúguān ，dàn réngrán shòu Ōuméng guīzhāng de chèzhǒu ，suǒyǐ bǎituō Ōuméng jiāng shǐ Yīngguó xǔduō zhōngxiǎo qìyè wú xū zài shòu Ōuméng guīzhāng zhìdù de qiánzhì ，jiùyè jīhuì yě huì yīncǐ zēngduō 。

Yes, the pro-Brexit camp have stated that 90% of the British economy has nothing to do with trade with the EU, but is still impeded by EU regulations. So breaking free of the EU will mean that many small and medium-sized businesses in the UK will no longer be restrained by EU regulations. This will also result in a growth in employment.