"Lock" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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关 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve
锁定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
锁上 suǒ shàng to lock / to lock up
上锁 shàng suǒ to lock / to be locked
闭锁 bì suǒ to lock
水闸 shuǐ zhá sluice / water gate / waterlocks / floodgate / lock / dam
绺 liǔ skein / tuft / lock
撞锁 zhuàng suǒ lock
锁掉 suǒ diào lock up / lock out / to lock
关紧 guān jǐn to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
上门 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
封锁 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
关门 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently)
门锁 mén suǒ door lock
关押 guān yā to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
角力 jué lì to wrestle / (fig.) to lock horns / to tussle / to wrangle / Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
锁门 suǒ mén to lock the door
船闸 chuán zhá a canal lock
密码锁 mì mǎ suǒ combination lock
锁钥 suǒ yuè key and lock / (fig.) strategic place
磁力锁 cí lì suǒ magnetic lock
暗锁 àn suǒ built-in lock
圈 juān to confine / to lock up / to pen in
拒之门外 jù zhī mén wài to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
闭门觅句 bì mén mì jù lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom) / fig. the serious hard work of writing
弹簧锁 tán huáng suǒ spring lock
大写锁定 dà xiě suǒ dìng caps lock
空气缓冲间 kōng qì huǎn chōng jiān air lock
鑐 xū bolt of a Chinese lock
一把钥匙开一把锁 yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns
插锁 chā suǒ mortise lock
转字锁 zhuàn zì suǒ combination lock
锁闩 suǒ shuān latch / bolt (to lock a door or window)
镣锁 liào suǒ fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock
撬锁 qiào suǒ to pick a lock / to force a lock
撞针保险  firing pin lock / firing pin block
弹匣卡榫  magazine catch / magazine latch / magazine lock / magazine release / magazine locking device
弹子锁 dàn zi suǒ pin tumbler lock / spring lock
顶牛儿 dǐng niú r to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads
一股脑 yī gǔ nǎo all of it / lock, stock and barrel
锁区 suǒ qū region lock (gaming etc)
封城 fēng chéng to lock down a city
封控 fēng kòng to lock down
锁屏 suǒ píng (computing) to lock the screen / lock screen
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