揪 jiū

  1. jiū verb to seize; to clutch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '揪'; Guoyu '揪' v; Unihan '揪')
  2. jiū verb to collect; to gather
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '揪', p. 221)

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  • 揪心扒肝 extremely anxious; anguished
  • 揪痧 folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
  • 揪辫子(揪辮子) to grab somebody by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points
  • 揪心揪肺 heart-wrenching
  • 揪出 to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit)
  • 揪心 lit. grips the heart; worried; anxious
  • 揪斗(揪鬥) to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
  • 揪住 to grab
  • 揪揪 creased and crumpled; depressed
  • 揪送 to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)

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