克制
kèzhì
to restrain; to control oneself
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
- 在谈判陷入僵局时，双方仍保持克制，没有让冲突升级。 Zài tánpàn xiànrù jiāngjú shí, shuāngfāng réng bǎochí kèzhì, méiyǒu ràng chōngtū shēngjí. When the negotiations reached a deadlock, both sides still showed restraint and did not let the conflict escalate.
- 他努力克制自己的怒火，没有和对方吵起来。 Tā nǔlì kèzhì zìjǐ de nùhuǒ, méiyǒu hé duìfāng chǎo qǐlai. He tried hard to restrain his anger and did not get into an argument.
- 减肥的时候，要克制自己，少吃甜食。 Jiǎnféi de shíhou, yào kèzhì zìjǐ, shǎo chī tiánshí. When dieting, you have to control yourself and eat fewer sweets.