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节制 jiézhì

节制 jiézhì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 节制 jiézhì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiézhì | jie2 zhi4
English translation
to control
to restrict
to moderate
to temper
to administer

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Traditional form

節制

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 节制 jiézhì

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jiē

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of jié . Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

cǎo

Number of Strokes

5
zhì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Depicts cutting down a tree () with a knife ( dāo ).

Phonetic compound

jīn

Semantic compound

dāo

Positional decomposition

⿰⿻?巾刂

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 节制 jiézhì

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jiè diào de Gāo 赌注 dǔ zhù de pái ,喝酒 hē jiǔ 比较 bǐjiào yǒu 节制 jiézhì le .

He gave up high - stake card games and stayed comparatively sober.

自从 zìcóng 节制 jiézhì 饮食 yǐnshí 以来 yǐlái 已经 yǐjīng shòu le 不少 bù shǎo .

He's thinned down a lot since he went on a diet.

我们 wǒmen jiā bìng qióng , dàn 我们 wǒmen de 圣诞 Shèng dàn 礼物 lǐwù 总是 zǒngshì hěn yǒu 节制 jiézhì .

We weren't poor. But we always had modest Christmases.

节制 jiézhì : shí 不可 bù kě Guò bǎo , yǐn 不得 bù dé 过量 guò liàng .

Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

由于 yóuyú 实在 shízài 闲极无聊 wúliáo 开始 kāishǐ 无节制地大 chī 起来 qǐlai

I started to eat too much out of sheer boredom.

节制 jiézhì Decomposition

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节制 jiézhì Compounds

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