扼喉抚背 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 扼喉撫背 èhóufǔbèi ㄜˋ ㄏㄡˊ ㄈㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom) fig. to occupy all key points (military) Character by character 扼(è)grip forcefully 喉(hóu)throat 抚(fǔ)comfort 背(bèi)the back of a body or object A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0