created sense approved 掐住 · qiāzhù · to seize — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
掐住
qiāzhù
to seize
to seize, grasp, or hold tightly using the fingers, nails, or the space between the thumb and forefinger
掐, 住
掐 (literal) → 掐 · qiā · to clutch 住 (literal) → 住 · zhù · [firmness]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition