kòu​yā

to withhold

  • created sense approved 扣压/扣壓 · kòu​yā · to withhold — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扣压 / 扣壓

    kòu​yā

    to withhold

    to keep back or suppress documents, correspondence, or information to prevent them from being handled

    扣 (literal) → 扣 · kòu · to detain 压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yā · to shelve

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 扣压/扣壓 · kòu​yā · to detain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扣压 / 扣壓

    kòu​yā

    to detain

    to withhold or impound physical items or goods and leave them unaddressed

    扣 (literal) → 扣 · kòu · to detain 压 (literal) → 压/壓 · yā · to shelve

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense