yāo​lè

to force someone to stay

  • created sense approved 邀勒 · yāo​lè · to force someone to stay — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    邀勒

    yāo​lè

    to force someone to stay

    To forcibly detain or stop someone; to block someone's path.

    邀 (literal) → 邀 · yāo · to intercept 勒 (literal) → 勒 · lè · to rein in

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 邀勒 · yāo​lè · to restrain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    邀勒

    yāo​lè

    to restrain

    (Literary) To hold back or check; to restrain.

    邀 (literal) → 邀 · yāo · to intercept 勒 (literal) → 勒 · lè · to rein in

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

    created sense