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HSK
7-9

restrain

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

lian3 liǎn

Meaning


Primary

restrain

Alternatives

restrained, restrains, restraining

Mnemonic


[li-] Link is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he is trying to 僉 party. Unfortunately, the 攵 foreman who also works there 斂 restrains him from doing so, because Link still needs to go save Zelda. The 攵 foreman 斂 restrains Link by not allowing him to join the 僉 party in the pawn shop basement, telling him to go somewhere else instead. Link wants to cry for being excluded, but 斂 restrains his tears.

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