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Radical: 手 Ideographic: Wedged
夹 in one's arms
扌;
夹 also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 夹 [ jiā ] to support; to be wedged between
- Pinyin: xié
English Definition: to clasp under the arm; to coerce
Chinese Definition:
①用胳膊夹着：挟持。挟山超海(喻不可能做到的事)。
②倚仗势力或抓住人的弱点强迫人服从：要(y乷)挟。挟制。挟势(仗势)。
③心里怀着(怨恨等)：挟恨。挟怨。挟嫌。
Example Words:
挟带 [
xié dài ]: to carry along; to carry on one's person; to carry secretly
- Pinyin: jiā
English Definition: old variant of 夹
Chinese Definition:
①古同“夹”，从物体两边钳住。
Example Sentences- 不过，要是那个黑男人，你就让我稍稍呆上一会儿，看上他一眼，他还挟着那本大册子呢，不是吗？
"Yes, mother, " answered Pearl, "But if it be the Black Man, wilt thou not let me stay a moment, and look at him, with his big book under his arm?
- 牧师打开包裹一看，里面是一本书，就翻开读了几页；读后他再也坐不住了，就从座位上跳起来，挟著书直奔书店而去。
The vicar having opened it and found it to contain a book, read a few pages; whereupon he jumped up from his seat and went straight to the shop with the book under his arm.
- 从效果上说，这是另外一种挟众宣传的反面，但通常可以收到同样的结果。
This is, effectively, the opposite of the other type of bandwagon, but usually provokes the same results.
- 我们起先看见山里起了烟，然后泥沙就挟着石块儿一下子涌出来了。
We first saw smoke rising up in the valley, then the rocks and mud gushing out.
- 于是，小公主用两只纤秀的手指把青蛙挟起来，带着他上了楼，把他放在卧室的一个角落里。
So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner.
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