劝阻
quànzǔ
to dissuade; to advise against
Characters in this word
阻 zǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 警方及时劝阻围观群众靠近塌陷路段，避免了二次事故。 Jǐngfāng jíshí quànzǔ wéiguān qúnzhòng kàojìn tāxiàn lùduàn, bìmiǎn le èr cì shìgù. The police promptly discouraged bystanders from approaching the collapsed road section, preventing a secondary accident.
- 老师劝阻学生在结冰的河面上玩耍。 Lǎoshī quànzǔ xuésheng zài jiébīng de hé miàn shàng wánshuǎ. The teacher urged the students not to play on the frozen river.
- 无论怎么劝阻，他坚持要辞职去旅行。 Wúlùn zěnme quànzǔ, tā jiānchí yào cízhí qù lǚxíng. No matter how much they tried to dissuade him, he insisted on quitting his job to travel.
Related words
- 劝 quàn to advise; to persuade
- 劝告 quàngào to advise; advice
- 劝说 quànshuō to persuade
- 阻止 zǔzhǐ to stop; to prevent
- 阻碍 zǔ'ài to block; to hinder
- 阻挡 zǔdǎng to block, to stop
- 风雨无阻 fēngyǔwúzǔ regardless of wind or rain; come rain or shine
- 阻拦 zǔlán to obstruct; to block; to stop
- 阻力 zǔlì resistance; obstruction
- 阻挠 zǔnáo to obstruct; to thwart
- 恳求 kěnqiú to plead; to implore
- 乞求 qǐqiú to beg; to implore