钳制
qián zhì
Pinyin

Definition

钳制
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qián zhì
  1. to suppress
  2. to muzzle
  3. to gag

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhì
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to regulate
  4. 4 variant of 製|制[zhì]
zhì dù
  1. 1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
  2. 2 institution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
shí míng zhì
  1. 1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
yì zhì
  1. 1 to inhibit
  2. 2 to keep down
  3. 3 to suppress
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
zì zhì
  1. 1 to maintain self-control
  2. 2 self-control
zhì zuò
  1. 1 to make
  2. 2 to manufacture
zhì zào
  1. 1 to manufacture
  2. 2 to make
lù zhì
  1. 1 to record (video or audio)
xiàn zhì
  1. 1 to restrict
  2. 2 to limit
  3. 3 to confine
  4. 4 restriction
  5. 5 limit
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
rǔ zhì pǐn
  1. 1 dairy products
kè zhì
  1. 1 to restrain
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 restraint
  4. 4 self-control
zhì dòng
  1. 1 to brake
zhì tú
  1. 1 cartographic
  2. 2 graphics
zhì dìng
  1. 1 to draw up
  2. 2 to formulate
zhì shì
  1. 1 standardized
  2. 2 standard (service, method etc)
  3. 3 regulation (clothing etc)
  4. 4 formulaic
  5. 5 (telecommunications etc) system
  6. 6 format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
zhì fú
  1. 1 to subdue
  2. 2 to check
  3. 3 to bring under control
  4. 4 (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
  5. 5 uniform (army, party, school etc)
  6. 6 livery (for company employees)
  7. 7 CL:套[tào]
zhì zhǐ
  1. 1 to curb
  2. 2 to put a stop to
  3. 3 to stop
  4. 4 to check
  5. 5 to limit
zhì yuē
  1. 1 to restrict
  2. 2 condition
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine

Idioms (7)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
先发制人
xiān fā zhì rén
  1. 1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 preemptive
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
因时制宜
yīn shí zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
  1. 1 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work

Sample Sentences

对,支持脱欧派声称,百分之九十的英国经济与对欧盟的贸易无关,但仍然受欧盟规章的掣肘,所以摆脱欧盟将使英国许多中小企业无需再受欧盟规章制度的钳制,就业机会也会因此增多。
duì ,zhīchí tuōōu pài shēngchēng ,bǎifēnzhī jiǔshí de Yīngguó jīngjì yǔ duì Ōuméng de màoyì wúguān ,dàn réngrán shòu Ōuméng guīzhāng de chèzhǒu ,suǒyǐ bǎituō Ōuméng jiāng shǐ Yīngguó xǔduō zhōngxiǎo qìyè wú xū zài shòu Ōuméng guīzhāng zhìdù de qiánzhì ,jiùyè jīhuì yě huì yīncǐ zēngduō 。
Yes, the pro-Brexit camp have stated that 90% of the British economy has nothing to do with trade with the EU, but is still impeded by EU regulations. So breaking free of the EU will mean that many small and medium-sized businesses in the UK will no longer be restrained by EU regulations. This will also result in a growth in employment.