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Definitions

  1. 1. to pull
  2. 2. to draw (a cart or a bow)
  3. 3. to roll up
  4. 4. to coil
  5. 5. to carry on the arm
  6. 6. to lament the dead
  7. 7. (fig.) to pull against
  8. 8. to recover

Words Containing 挽

挽回
wǎn huí

to retrieve

挽救
wǎn jiù

to save

不可挽回
bù kě wǎn huí

irreversible

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

挽具
wǎn jù

harness

挽力
wǎn lì

pulling power (of draft animals)

挽幛
wǎn zhàng

large elegiac scroll

挽救儿童
wǎn jiù ér tóng

to rescue a child

挽歌
wǎn gē

a dirge

挽留
wǎn liú

to urge to stay

挽词
wǎn cí

an elegy

挽辞
wǎn cí

an elegy

挽额
wǎn é

elegiac tablet

推挽
tuī wǎn

to push and pull

无可挽回
wú kě wǎn huí

irrevocable

无法挽救
wú fǎ wǎn jiù

incurable

挽联
wǎn lián

pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration

挽诗
wǎn shī

elegy

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