Usage of the character 挽

variant of 挽 (wǎn)
to draw (a cart)
to lament the dead

wǎn

挽

[挽]

to pull
to draw (a cart or a bow)
to roll up
to coil
to carry on the arm
to lament the dead
(fig.) to pull against
to recover

wǎnzhàng

挽幛

[挽幛]

large elegiac scroll

wǎnjiù

挽救

[挽救]

to save
to remedy
to rescue

wǎnliú

挽留

[挽留]

to urge to stay
to detain

wǎncí

挽辞

[挽辭]

an elegy
elegiac words

wǎnlián

挽联

[輓聯]

pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration

wǎnlì

挽力

[挽力]

pulling power (of draft animals)

wǎnshī

挽诗

[輓詩]

elegy

wǎncí

挽词

[挽詞]

an elegy
elegiac words

wǎnhuí

挽回

[挽回]

to retrieve
to redeem

wǎngē

挽歌

[挽歌]

a dirge
an elegy

tuīwǎn

推挽

[推挽]

to push and pull
to move sth forward by shoving and pulling

wǎnjìn

挽近

[輓近]

old variant of 晚近 (wǎnjìn)

wǎn'é

挽额

[挽額]

elegiac tablet

wǎnjù

挽具

[挽具]

harness

wúkěwǎnhuí

无可挽回

[無可挽回]

irrevocable
the die is cast

lìwǎnkuánglán

力挽狂澜

[力挽狂瀾]

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

wǎnjiù'értóng

挽救儿童

[挽救兒童]

to rescue a child
Save the Children, a British charity

bùkěwǎnhuí

不可挽回

[不可挽回]

irreversible