"掣肘" meaning in Chinese

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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold someone by the elbow"
      ],
      "id": "en-掣肘-zh-verb-E~XQaJgu",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "elbow",
          "elbow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to hold someone by the elbow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "30 70",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Even if disasters entangle me and calamities hold me back, I will love God only and hold fast to the Lord more.",
          "ref": "就算禍患纏繞我 災害掣肘我 我要單單愛神 捉緊主更多 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "就算祸患缠绕我 灾害掣肘我 我要单单爱神 捉紧主更多 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2020, 朱肇階 [Daniel Chu], 保守我心\nzau⁶ syun³ wo⁶ waan⁶ cin⁴ jiu⁵ ngo⁵, zoi¹ hoi⁶ zai³ zaau² ngo⁵, ngo⁵ jiu³ daan¹ daan¹ oi³ san⁴, zuk¹ gan² zyu² gang³ do¹ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prevent someone from doing something; to hold back; to impede"
      ],
      "id": "en-掣肘-zh-verb-2YrG-6ed",
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "hold back",
          "hold back"
        ],
        [
          "impede",
          "impede"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to prevent someone from doing something; to hold back; to impede"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chèzhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄜˋ ㄓㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zai³ zau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zai³ zaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chèzhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chèjhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻê⁴-chou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chè-jǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chehjoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чэчжоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čɛčžou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jai jáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jai jáau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzai³ dzau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzai³ dzaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zei³ zeo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zei³ zao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掣肘"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs"
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "掣肘",
      "name": "zh-verb"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold someone by the elbow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "elbow",
          "elbow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to hold someone by the elbow"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Even if disasters entangle me and calamities hold me back, I will love God only and hold fast to the Lord more.",
          "ref": "就算禍患纏繞我 災害掣肘我 我要單單愛神 捉緊主更多 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "就算祸患缠绕我 灾害掣肘我 我要单单爱神 捉紧主更多 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 2020, 朱肇階 [Daniel Chu], 保守我心\nzau⁶ syun³ wo⁶ waan⁶ cin⁴ jiu⁵ ngo⁵, zoi¹ hoi⁶ zai³ zaau² ngo⁵, ngo⁵ jiu³ daan¹ daan¹ oi³ san⁴, zuk¹ gan² zyu² gang³ do¹ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prevent someone from doing something; to hold back; to impede"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prevent",
          "prevent"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "hold back",
          "hold back"
        ],
        [
          "impede",
          "impede"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to prevent someone from doing something; to hold back; to impede"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chèzhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄜˋ ㄓㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zai³ zau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zai³ zaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chèzhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chèjhǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻê⁴-chou³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chè-jǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chehjoou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чэчжоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čɛčžou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jai jáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jai jáau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzai³ dzau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzai³ dzaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zei³ zeo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zei³ zao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡saːu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掣肘"
}