卡脖子

Traditional form:

卡脖子

Pinyin (reading):

qiǎbózi

Definitions:

• to squeeze the throat
• (fig.) to have in a stranglehold
• critical

Characters:

• 卡 - card, punch card; calorie
• 脖 - neck
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 卡 - card, punch card; calorie
• 脖 - neck
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing