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牵制

qiān zhì
HSK 7

English Meaning

to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
会不会是因为被尸体牵制住了
HSK 7 00:02
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马德荣留有他们的犯罪证据 却不交

“Ma Derong has evidence of their crimes, but he wouldn't hand it over.”

“Could it be because the body is being used as leverage against him?”

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这么看来尸体被他们隐藏 起来的可能性很大

“It seems very likely that they hid the body.”

《有罪之身》 · legal_and_police
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无非就是想牵制住我
HSK 7 00:01
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“Your grand scheme does not intimidate me; I see right through it.”

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晏柯搞出这么大的动静

“Yan Ke is making such a big scene”

“just to pin me down”

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找到用灯的办法

“and figure out how to use it.”

《白日提灯​》 · crisis_and_conflict
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无非就是想牵制我
HSK 7 00:01
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牵强附会地编出一堆流言

“to string together farfetched rumors.”

“Their aim is simply to restrain me”

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阻止我再查下去

“and stop the investigation.”

《御赐小仵作》 · crisis_and_conflict
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