"To hold back" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later |   |
| 遏制 | è zhì | to check / to contain / to hold back / to keep within limits / to constrain / to restrain | |
| 憋 |  biē | to choke / to stifle / to restrain / to hold back / to hold in (urine) / to hold (one's breath) | |
| 抵挡 | dǐ dǎng | to resist / to hold back / to stop / to ward off / to withstand | |
| 遏止 | è zhǐ | to hold back / to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance) / to resist / esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc | |
| 掣肘 | chè zhǒu | (lit.) to hold sb by the elbow / (fig.) to hold back / to impede / to handicap | |
| 拖后腿 | tuō hòu tuǐ | to impede / to obstruct / to hold back | |
| 遏 | è | to restrain / to check / to hold back | |
| 敛 | liǎn | to hold back / to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / Taiwan pr. [lian4] | |
| 踌躇不前 | chóu chú bù qián | to hesitate to move forward / to hesitate / to hold back | |
