hold back in Chinese

Other words for hold back

• 遏制 èzhì HSK 7–9

  to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain

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• 遏止 èzhǐ

  to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

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• 遏 è

  to restrain; to check; to hold back

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• 拖后腿（拖後腿） tuōhòutuǐ

  to impede; to obstruct; to hold back

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• 踌躇不前（躊躇不前） chóuchúbùqián

  to hesitate to move forward; to hesitate; to hold back

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• 憋 biē HSK 7–9

  to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)

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• 敛（斂） liǎn

  (literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. [liàn]

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• 保留 bǎoliú HSK 3

  to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later

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