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挽
Mandarin: wan3
figurative
Definitions
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to draw (a cart or a bow)
  3. 3 to roll up
  4. 4 to coil
  5. 5 to carry on the arm
  6. 6 to lament the dead
  7. 7 (fig.) to pull against figurative
  8. 8 to recover
  9. 9 to pull back
  10. 10 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 挽
挽回
to rescue a situation
挽留
urge (or persuade) sb. to stay; detainment
冇鞋挽屐走
to leave hurriedly from an awkward situation (lit., "if you don't have shoes, gr
挽手
hands in hands
挽救
to save; to recue; to remedy
力挽狂瀾
to pull strongly against a crazy tide; fig., to try hard to save a desperate cri
冇鞋挽屐走
leave in a hurry (slang)
挽鞋
verb; literally: carry the shoe; Metaphor, look down on someone; or, to serve so
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