to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to detain (as a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody
to arrest
detention center / prison
to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent
constraint / to detain / to take into custody
reserved / overcautious
to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease
to arrest / to take into custody
free and unconstrained (idiom) / unfettered / unbuttoned / without care or worries
not stick to one pattern
subpoena / to summon (for questioning)
to imprison / prisoner
rigid / inflexible
to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner
detention
to have scruples / to have misgivings
detention center / prison camp
to arrest
cramps / muscular spasm / fig. constrained / ill at ease
erhua variant of 拘攣|拘挛[]
straightjacket
restrained and cautious
restrained / confined
warrant (for arrest)
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
inflexible / stubborn
unrestricted
not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
to detain as criminal / criminal detention
to detain as criminal / criminal detention / abbr. for 刑事拘留[]
wanton and unrestrained (idiom) / dissolute
to arrest without trial or charge (i.e. administrative detention) (abbr. for 行政拘留[]) / (old) to arrest
to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less / administrative detention
conventional / conservative
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27