Chinese word dictionary

咽住

yàn zhù · to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)

Word information

Simplified咽住
Traditional嚥住
Pinyinyàn zhù
Part of speechDictionary
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HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 咽住

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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