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挽
wǎn
1.
to pull
2.
to draw (a cart or a bow)
3.
to roll up
4.
to coil
5.
to carry on the arm
6.
to lament the dead
7.
(fig.) to pull against
8.
to recover
Common • Top 18%
✏️ 10 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (18)
挽具
wǎnjù
harness
挽力
wǎnlì
pulling power (of draught animals)
挽回
wǎnhuí
to retrieve
挽幛
wǎnzhàng
large elegiac scroll
挽救
wǎnjiù
to save
挽歌
wǎngē
a dirge
挽留
wǎnliú
to urge to stay
挽联
wǎnlián
elegiac couplet
挽词
wǎncí
an elegy
挽辞
wǎncí
an elegy
挽额
wǎné
elegiac tablet
推挽
tuīwǎn
to push and pull
挽近
wǎnjìn
old variant of [[晚近<wǎnjìn>]]
不可挽回
bùkěwǎnhuí
irreversible
力挽狂澜
lìwǎnkuánglán
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
挽救儿童
wǎnjiùértóng
to rescue a child
无可挽回
wúkěwǎnhuí
irrevocable
无法挽救
wúfǎwǎnjiù
incurable
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,221
- Word Frequency Rank
- 15,519 of 84,292