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挽

wǎn

HSK 6 Character

What 挽 means

to pull
to draw (a cart or a bow)
to roll up
to coil
to carry on the arm
to lament the dead
(fig.) to pull against
to recover

Example sentences

我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。

Wǒ kànjiàn tāmen gēbo wǎn zhe gēbo de zǒulù.

I saw them walking arm in arm.
但与此同时，它却在消逝：时间无可挽回地流逝，而我们却四处游荡，成为我们对细节的热爱的囚徒。

But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail.

Words starting with 挽

Words containing 挽

Characters that look like 挽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read wǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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