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牵制

qiān zhì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 牽制

牵制 (qiān zhì) means "to control; to curb; to restrict". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 牵制 means

1. to control
2. to curb
3. to restrict
4. to impede
5. to pin down (enemy troops)

The characters in 牵制

• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate

Where 牵制 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiā–qià (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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