遏止 - to hold back, to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance), to resist, esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc - è zhǐ | Definition | ChinesePod.com

遏止

è zhǐ

Pinyin

Definition

遏止

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è zhǐ

to hold back
to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)
to resist
esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tíng zhǐ

1 to stop
2 to halt
3 to cease

zhǐ

1 to stop
2 to prohibit
3 until
4 only

wéi zhǐ

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)

jìn zhǐ

1 to prohibit
2 to forbid
3 to ban

fáng zhǐ

1 to prevent
2 to guard against
3 to take precautions

Idioms (17)

令行禁止

lìng xíng jìn zhǐ

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

chōng jī zhǐ kě

1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)

叹为观止

tàn wéi guān zhǐ

1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection

学无止境

xué wú zhǐ jìng

1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
2 You live and learn.

屡禁不止

lǚ jìn bù zhǐ

1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)