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掣
掣
chè
v. pull, withdraw, pull back; flash past
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
手 hand
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
掣电
掣電
chè diàn
n. flash (lightening)
掣肘
掣肘
chè zhǒu
v. (lit) hold back by the elbow; hinder someone to do something
风驰电掣
風馳電掣
fēng chí diàn chè
phr. go by like the wind, be going at lightning speed