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拘押

jū yā

2-character word

What 拘押 means

1. to arrest
2. to take into custody

The characters in 拘押

• 拘jūto capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody

Example sentences

• 缅甸民主运动领袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。
  The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.

Words starting with 拘押

• 拘押营jū yā yíngdetention center; prison camp

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