1. (alt. form 挟) to hold beneath the arm
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 挟) to hold beneath the arm
3. Classifier for swings of a sword.
4. a surname
5. sword (bladed on both sides); sabre (Classifier: 口 m mn; 把 m c)

classifiers: 口, 把

1. (literary) single hand; single arm
2. single hand; single arm
3. single-handedly; unassistedly

1. legal net
2. the long arm of the law

1. It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law
2. the long arm of the law

1. to press from either side
2. to place in between
3. to sandwich
4. to carry sth under armpit
5. wedged between
6. between
7. to intersperse
8. to mix
9. to mingle
10. clip
11. folder
12. Taiwan pr. jiá

1. (dialectal Mandarin) person with a crippled arm
2. person with a crippled arm

1. to be neither too familiar nor too distant
2. to keep sb at arm's length

1. as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
2. freely and effortlessly
3. to have perfect command of