挟 (挾) xié

1. xié verb to clasp under the arm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '挾' v 1; Unihan '挾')
2. xié verb to hold hold between
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '挾'; Guoyu '挾' v 2)
3. xié verb to hold under duress; to coerce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 胁持 (CC-CEDICT '挾'; Guoyu '挾' v 3)
4. xié verb to grasp; to hold
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 持 (Guoyu '挾' v 4)
5. xié verb to lean on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 倚仗 (Guoyu '挾' v 5)
6. xié verb to mix; to mingle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 夹杂 (Guoyu '挾' v 6)
7. xié verb to hide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 隐藏 (Guoyu '挾' v 7)
8. jiá verb to open; to access
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 通达 (Guoyu '挾' jiá v 1)
9. jiá verb to clasp
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 夹取; as a variant of 夹 (Guoyu '挾' jiá v 2)
10. jiá adjective everywhere
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 周遍 (Guoyu '挾' jiá adj)

Contained in

• 挟天子以令天下(挾天子以令天下) (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
• 挟细拿粗(挾細拿粗) to provoke
• 挟带(挾帶) to carry along; to carry on one's person; to carry secretly
• 挟持(挾持) to grasp a person on both sides by their arms
• 挟持雇主(挾持雇主) gherao
• 挟山超海(挾山超海) hold up a mountain and cross the sea; something impossible to do
• 挟怨(挾怨) to hold a grudge
• 裹挟(裹挾) to sweep along; to coerce
• 挟天子以令诸侯(挾天子以令諸侯) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
• 挟制(挾製) forced submission; to exploit advantage to force somebody to do one's bidding
• 要挟(要挾) to threaten; to blackmail

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 20
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 19
• 卷二十三上　　　志第十三上　　儀衛上 Volume 23a Treatises 13: Ceremonies 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 8
• 《盡心章句上》 Commentary on Jin Xin I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 8
• 卷二十七　韓二 Chapter 27: Han II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 7
• 卷一百〇四　志第五十二:　刑法三 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Punishment and Law 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
• 卷二十九　燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 6
• 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷九十九中 王莽傳 Volume 99b: Wang Mang 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 6
• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 6

Collocations

• 挟一个 (挾一個) 搢三而挾一个 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 21
• 三挟 (三挾) 搢三挾一个 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 11
• 挟乘 (挾乘) 兼挾乘矢 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4
• 右挟 (右挾) 右挾之 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) — count: 4
• 挟彊 (挾彊) 挾彊韓之兵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin — count: 4
• 挟日 (挾日) 挾日而斂之 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 4
• 挟铜 (挾銅) 上挾銅積以御輕重 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 挟矢 (挾矢) 執弓挾矢以獵 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3
• 挟弓 (挾弓) 挾弓而去楚 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
• 挟天子 (挾天子) 挾天子以令於天下 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張儀列傳》 Biography of Zhang Yi — count: 3