Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 遏

to restrain
to check
to hold back

to hold back
to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)
to resist
esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

to stop
to contain
to deter

to check
to contain
to hold back
to keep within limits
to constrain
to restrain

to suppress
to restrain

to impede
to hold sb back

unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage