qián

  1. qián verb to clamp; to tie down; to pin down
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '拑'; Guoyu '拑' v 1; Kroll 2015 '拑' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '拑', p. 124; Unihan '拑')
  2. qián verb to close off; to shut one's mouth
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '拑' v 3; Kroll 2015 '拑' 2a, p. 361)
  3. qián noun pliers; pincers
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 钳 (CC-CEDICT '拑'; Mathews 1931 '拑', p. 124)

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