Keyword
to bind
- to control
- to restrain
- bale
- Frequency
- #827
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
Lumber 木 bound by rope 口
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
结束
to end; to finish; to conclude
约束
to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint
束缚
to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
束
to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control
拘束
to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent
光束
light beam
束手无策
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
装束
attire; clothing
约束力
(of a contract) binding (law)
管束
to exercise control over; restriction; control
花束
bouquet
无拘无束
free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries
结束语
concluding remarks
束腰
girdle
集束
to cluster
电子束
beam of electrons
束手
to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
波束
beam
束之高阁
tied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put sth on the back burner; no longer a high priority
受约束
restricted; constrained
束手就擒
(lit.) to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); (fig.) to surrender without a fight
收束
to constrict; to draw tight; to gather (one's thoughts); to bring to a close; to pack (for a journey)
约束条件
restrictive condition; constraint