遏 è
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 曷 what, why, where, which, how
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
遏制
èzhì
to curb; to contain
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 政府试图通过监管遏制房价过快上涨。 Zhèngfǔ shìtú tōngguò jiānguǎn èzhì fángjià guò kuài shàngzhǎng. The government is trying to curb the overly rapid rise in housing prices through regulation.
- 我们要想办法遏制浪费粮食的现象。 Wǒmen yào xiǎng bànfǎ èzhì làngfèi liángshi de xiànxiàng. We need to find ways to curb the waste of food.
- 他努力遏制心中的怒火，没有和对方吵起来。 Tā nǔlì èzhì xīnzhōng de nùhuǒ, méiyǒu hé duìfāng chǎo qǐlái. He tried hard to hold back his anger and did not get into an argument with the other person.