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抑止

yì zhǐ

2-character word

What 抑止 means

1. to supress
2. to restrain

The characters in 抑止

• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until

Sounds the same

Read yì zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 意指to mean; to imply
• 意旨intent; intention; will
• 懿旨an imperial decree

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