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扼襟控咽
Mandarin · pinyin è jīn kòng yān
Meanings
- to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
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4–1–4–1 · e4 jin1 kong4 yan1
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aak1 kam1 hung3 jin1
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