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节流

節流

jiéliú

to control flow
to choke
weir valve
a throttle
a choke

减省开支。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

joint; node
(bound form) section; segment
solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
seasonal festival
(bound form) to economize; to save
(bound form) moral integrity; chastity
classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
knot (nautical miles per hour)

to flow
to disseminate
to circulate or spread
to move or drift
to degenerate
to banish or send into exile
stream of water or sth resembling one
class, rate or grade

Containing this entry

full throttle
top speed

jiéliútàbǎn

throttle pedal
accelerator

kāiyuánjiéliú

lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure

Related entries

to choke (in crying)

不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

Source: Tatoeba

to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)

to choke (on)
to choke up
to suffocate

to choke (on)
to choke off (in speech)

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

to choke
to stifle
to suffocate

to jam
to choke
to clutch
also pr. qiǎzhù

我的拉链卡住了。

My zipper got stuck.

Source: Tatoeba

to irritate the nose
to choke (of smoke, smell etc)
pungent
(coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb
to scold
to speak out against sb

congestion
to block
to congest
to crowd
to choke
to cram
to fill up
to stuff
to take up all the space