"Rein" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 韁绳 | jiāng sheng | rein |  |
| 勒马 | lè mǎ | to guide a horse with the reins / to rein in a horse | |
| 悬崖勒马 | xuán yá lè mǎ | lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom) / fig. to act in the nick of time | |
| 任 |  rèn | to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) |  |
| 勒 | lè | (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) | |
| 逞 | chěng | to show off / to flaunt / to carry out or succeed in a scheme / to indulge / to give free rein to | |
| 撙 | zǔn | to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain | |
| 絏 | xiè | leash / rein | |
| 纵令 | zòng lìng | to indulge / to give free rein / even if | |
| 放开手脚 | fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo | to have free rein (idiom) | |
