to seize / to clutch / to grab firmly and pull
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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.
lit. grips the heart / worried / anxious
to grab
to uncover / to ferret out (the culprit)
(idiom) extremely anxious / anguished
heart-wrenching
creased / wrinkled / depressed / worried / upset
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27