dà lì qiándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
locking pliers / mole grips
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Original source entry:

大力鉗 大力钳 [da4 li4 qian2] /locking pliers; mole grips/

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Other forms in these source records: 大力鉗

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 力
    lì

    power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

    Lì

    surname Li

  • 钳
    qián

    pincers / pliers / tongs / claw (of animal) / to grasp with pincers / to pinch / to clamp / to restrain / to restrict / to gag

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