挽 - wǎn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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10 strokes
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挽

wǎn

Definition

to pull
to draw (a cart or a bow)
to roll up
to coil
to carry on the arm
to lament the dead
(fig.) to pull against
to recover

Character Decomposition

Related words (16)

harness

pulling power (of draught animals)

挽回

wǎn huí

to retrieve; to redeem

large elegiac scroll

to save; to remedy; to rescue

a dirge; an elegy

to urge to stay; to detain

elegiac couplet

an elegy; elegiac words

挽辞

wǎn cí

an elegy; elegiac words

elegiac tablet

to rescue a child; Save the Children, a British charity

推挽

tuī wǎn

to push and pull; to move sth forward by shoving and pulling

irreversible

irrevocable; the die is cast

无法挽救

wú fǎ wǎn jiù

incurable; no way of curing; hopeless

Idioms (1)

力挽狂澜

lì wǎn kuáng lán

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

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