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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

扼杀 [èshā]
  1. 1. verb [掐死] strangle
  2. 2. verb [喻] stifle

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

扼杀 [èshā]
  1. 1. strangle; smother; throttle; kill; kill off
    扼杀在摇篮里
    strangle in the cradle
    扼杀在萌芽状态中
    nip in the bud
    扼杀新生事物
    stifle new things
    新思想被扼杀在摇篮之中。
    革命被扼杀在了萌芽之中。
    你对孩子的问题不理不睬,无异于扼杀他的好奇心和想象力。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

扼杀 [èshā]
  1. 1. 掐死;比喻压制、摧残,使不能存在或发展
    不准扼杀新生事物

Examples

扼杀在摇篮里
strangle in the cradle 扼杀
扼杀在萌芽状态中
nip in the bud 扼杀
扼杀新生事物
stifle new things 扼杀
扼杀弱小的生命是极其残忍不仁道的行为。 弱小
他阴谋扼杀你。 阴谋
新思想被扼杀在摇篮之中。 扼杀
革命被扼杀在了萌芽之中。 扼杀
你对孩子的问题不理不睬,无异于扼杀他的好奇心和想象力。 扼杀
扼杀
不准扼杀新生事物 扼杀

Collocations

扼杀新生事物
to kill newborns
扼杀积极性
strangle enthusiasm
无情扼杀
kill ruthlessly
亲手扼杀
kill by oneself
扼杀在摇篮中
nip in the bud
惨遭扼杀
be strangled

Word Decomposition


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