"Restrain" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 è zhì to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain
 kè zhì to restrain / to control / restraint / self-control
 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent
 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)
 biē to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath)
 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
 jī bàn trammels / fetters / yoke / to restrain / to hinder / restraint
 àn nà to restrain / to control
 yì zhǐ to supress / to restrain
 è zhì to control / to restrain
 àn to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment
 yì to restrain / to restrict / to keep down / or
 jū to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible
 è to restrain / to check / to hold back
 liǎn to hold back / to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
 yì restrain / virtuous
 qián pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag
 jié to investigate / to restrain / to scold
 gù obstinate disease / to restrain / to stop
 è to restrain / to yoke
 è to block / to restrain / to control
 zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain
 yīn to restrain / to dam a stream and change its direction / a mound
 è yì to suppress / to restrain
 rěn nài to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance
 qíng bù zì jīn unable to restrain emotions / cannot help
 nù bù kě è unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage
 rěn jùn bù jīn cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile
 rěn to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself
 jiā cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
 jí to restrain oneself / to collect / to hoard / to store up / to cease
 zhěn to restrain anger
 kè jǐ fù lǐ restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects) / to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
 fú ruò yì qiáng to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom) / robbing the rich to help the poor
 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
 yǐn rěn bù fā to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
 yǐn rěn bù yán to keep one's emotions inside oneself / to restrain one's emotions
 liǎn bù to restrain motion / to check one's step
 liào suǒ fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock
 guǐ chě tuǐ unable to restrain oneself / pulling and tugging at each other
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