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HSK
7-9

to restrain

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

lian4 liàn

Meaning


Primary

to restrain

Alternatives

restrain, restrained, restrains, restraining

Mnemonic


[li-] Link is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop where he is trying to join a work 僉 party that is being held in the bathroom for some reason. He dances atop the dirty toilet while flinging around second-hand party lights along with his coworkers. Unfortunately, the 攵 foreman who also works there 斂 restrains him from continuing to party, grabbing his 僉 party stuff and flushing it all down the toilet. This is because Link needs to go save Zelda! Link wants to cry for being excluded from the 僉 party, but 斂 restrains his tears.

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