Chinese Notes

扼 è

è verb to grasp; to clutch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '扼'; Guoyu '扼' v 1; Unihan '扼')
è verb to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '扼'; Guoyu '扼' v 2)
è noun a yoke
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '扼' n)
è verb to block; to choke
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '扼'; Guoyu '扼' v 3; Unihan '扼')

Contained in

扼襟控咽 to secure a stranglehold; to hold a strategic pass
扼腕 to wring one's hands
扼守 to guard [a pass]
扼要 to the point; concise
扼制 to control; to restrain
扼颈(扼頸) to strangle; to throttle
扼杀(扼殺) to strangle; to throttle
扼死 to strangle; to throttle; to stifle (opinions)
扼喉抚背(扼喉撫背) to strangle the front and press the back; to occupy all key points
简明扼要(簡明扼要) brief and to the point; succinct

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

卷二百六十九列傳第一百五十七艾萬年李卑湯九州陳于王侯良柱張令猛如虎虎大威孫應元姜名武尤世威侯世祿劉國能 Volume 269 Biographies 157: Ai Wannian, Li Bei, Tang Jiuzhou, Chen Yuwang, Hou Liangzhu, Zhang Ling, Meng Ruhu, Hu Dawei, Sun Yingyuan, Jiang Mingwu, You Shiwei, Hou Shilu, Liu Guoneng History of Ming 明史 — count: 17
卷二百七十三列傳第一百六十一左良玉高傑祖寬 Volume 273 Biographies 161: Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 13
卷二百六十列傳第一百四十八楊鶴陳奇瑜熊文燦練國事丁啟睿鄭崇儉邵捷春余應桂高斗樞張任學 Volume 260 Biographies 148: Yang He, Chen QiYu, Xiong Wencan, Lian Guoshi, Ding Qirui, Zheng Chongjian, Shao Jiechun, Yu Yinggui, Gao Doushu, Zhang Renxue History of Ming 明史 — count: 12
卷三百〇九列傳第一百九十七流賊李自成張獻忠 Volume 309 Biographies 197: Traitors - Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
卷二百七十列傳第一百五十八馬世龍賀虎臣沈有容張可大魯欽秦良玉龍在田 Volume 270 Biographies 158: Ma Shilong, He Huchen, Shen Yourong, Zhang Keda, Lu Qin, Qin Liangyu, Long Zaitian History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
卷二百七十四列傳第一百六十二史可法高弘圖姜曰廣 Volume 274 Biographies 162: Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
卷二百五十九列傳第一百四十七楊鎬袁應泰熊廷弼袁崇煥趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
卷一百三十列傳第十八吳良康茂才丁德興耿炳文郭英華雲龍韓政仇成張龍吳復胡海張赫華高張銓何真 Volume 130 Biographies 18: Wu Liang, Kang Maocai, Ding Dexing, Geng Bingwen, Guo Ying, Hua Yunlong, Han Zheng, Chou Cheng, Zhang Long, Wu Fu, Hu Hai, Zhang He, Hua Gao, Zhang Quan, He Zhen History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
卷二百七十二列傳第三十一楊業子:延昭等附:王貴荊罕儒從孙:嗣曹光實從子:克明張暉司超 Volume 272 Biographies 31: Yang Ye and sons: Yanzhao and others, relative: Wang Gui, Jing Hanru and nephew: Si, Cao Guangshi and nephew: Keming, Zhang Hui, Si Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
卷三百六十四列傳第一百二十三韓世忠 Volume 364 Biographies 123: Han Shizhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 5

Collocations

扼贼 (扼賊) 徑扼賊喉而成城 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百六十一列傳第一百十一: 李光進烏重胤王沛李珙李祐董重質楊元卿劉悟劉沔石雄 Volume 161 Biographies 111: Li Guangjin, Wu Zhongyin, Wang Pei, Li Gong, Li You, Dong Zhongzhi, Yang Yuanqing, Liu Wu, Liu Mian, Shi Xiong — count: 9
扼喉 (扼喉) 所謂扼喉 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷一本紀第一武帝上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 — count: 8
直扼 (直扼) 直扼其喉 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷70　列傳第35 楊玄感李子雄趙元淑斛斯政劉元進李密裴仁基 Volume 70 Biographies 35: Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong, Zhao Yuanshu, Hu Shizheng, Liu Yuanjin, Li Mi, Pei Renji — count: 5
兵扼 (兵扼) 複分兵扼其要害 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷71　列傳第36 誠節 Volume 71 Biographies 36: Sincere Men — count: 5
先扼 (先扼) 先扼其喉 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百四十二列傳第九十二: 李寶臣王武俊王廷湊 Volume 142 Biographies 92: Li Baochen, Wang Wujun, Wang Tingcou — count: 4
扼虎 (扼虎) 力扼虎 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十四李廣蘇建傳 Volume 54: Li Guang and Su Jian — count: 3
分扼 (分扼) 尚可孤分扼京東要路 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百四十四列傳第九十四: 尚可孤李觀戴休顏陽惠元李元諒韓遊瑰賈隱林杜希全尉遲勝邢君牙楊朝晟張敬則 Volume 144 Biographies 94: Shang Kegu, Li Guan, Dai Xiuyan, Yang Huiyuan, Li Yuanliang, Hang Yougui, Jia Yinlin, Du Xiquan, Wei Chisheng, Xing Junya, Yang Chaocheng, Zhang Jingze — count: 3
未扼 (未扼) 未扼其喉 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷6 帝紀第6 武帝下 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Wu 2 — count: 2
扼井陉 (扼井陘) 扼井陘路 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百四十二列傳第九十二: 李寶臣王武俊王廷湊 Volume 142 Biographies 92: Li Baochen, Wang Wujun, Wang Tingcou — count: 2
控扼 (控扼) 控扼關畿 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十上本紀第二十上: 昭宗 Volume 20 Annals 20: Zhaozong — count: 2