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投辖
tóu​xiá

to insist that a friend stay

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投辖 投轄 tóu​xiá
to insist that a friend stay
(literary) to insist that a guest or friend not depart; to show great hospitality. Based on a story of a host in the Han Dynasty who threw his guests' chariot linchpins into a well to prevent them from leaving.