扼杀
è shā
Pinyin

Definition

扼杀
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è shā
  1. to strangle
  2. to throttle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

扼杀
è shā
  1. 1 to strangle
  2. 2 to throttle
扼腕
è wàn
  1. 1 to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)
扼要
è yào
  1. 1 to the point
  2. 2 concise
扼
è
  1. 1 to grip forcefully
  2. 2 to clutch at
  3. 3 to guard
  4. 4 to control
  5. 5 to hold
扼制
è zhì
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to restrain

Idioms (3)

扼喉抚背
è hóu fǔ bèi
  1. 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
扼襟控咽
è jīn kòng yān
  1. 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
简明扼要
jiǎn míng è yào
  1. 1 brief and to the point (idiom)
  2. 2 succinct

Sample Sentences

这个就叫一拍脑袋决定，很多优秀的文化就是被这些规定给扼杀的。
zhè ge jiù jiào yī pāinǎodài juédìng ，hěn duō yōuxiù de wénhuà jiùshì bèi zhèxiē guīdìng gěi èshā de 。
This is what you get from making decisions on a whim, a lot of fantastic cultural scenes have been strangled by these regulations.
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嗯，这小姑娘是天才！不过在家里上学是挺好的。学校统一的应试教育把孩子的天性都扼杀了。
ng4 ，zhè xiǎogūniang shì tiāncái ！bùguò zài jiālǐ shàngxué shì tǐng hǎo de 。xuéxiào tǒngyī de yìngshìjiàoyù bǎ háizi de tiānxìng dōu èshā le 。
Yeah, that girl's a genius! Homeschooling is great, though. The school's unified examination system smothers a child's natural talent.
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是啊，上本地学校吧，怕管得太死，孩子的创新能力被扼杀，英文可能会退化，上国际学校吧，又怕学得不扎实，特别是怕中文学不好。
shì a ，shàng běndì xuéxiào ba ，pà guǎn de tài sǐ ，háizi de chuàngxīn nénglì bèi èshā ，Yīngwén kěnéng huì tuìhuà ，shàng guójì xuéxiào ba ，yòu pà xué de bù zhāshi ，tèbié shì pà zhōngwén xuébuhǎo 。
Yeah. If I chose a local school, I'm afraid they'd be too strict. It might smother his creative ability and his English might get worse. At an international school though, I'd be worried they wouldn't offer enough of a solid education. I'm also particularly worried that he wouldn't learn Chinese well.
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