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遏止

Mandarin · pinyin è zhǐ

to hold back
to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)
to resist
esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

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遏: è · stop, suppress, curb, check; a bar
止: zhǐ · stop, halt, desist; detain

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4–3 · e4 zhi3

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aat3 zi2

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verb

to hold back; to check; to resist

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