威胁 | wēi xié | to threaten; to menace | |
胁迫 | xié pò | to coerce; to compel; to force | |
裹胁 | guǒ xié | to compel; to coerce | |
胁肩谄笑 | xié jiān chǎn xiào | to act obsequiously (idiom) | |
胸胁 | xiōng xié | chest and hypochondrium; upper part of the body |
1 | The criminal threatened to kill the hostages. | |
2 | He threatened to expose the truth to the public. | |
3 | The government threatened to take action against dissenters. | |
4 | The threat to personal safety from this problem cannot be ignored. | |
5 | This country will never succumb to the threat of terrorism. |