扼襟控咽 Save Sign in to save words èjīnkòngyān ㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄧㄢ to secure a stranglehold (idiom) fig. to hold a strategic pass Character by character 扼(è)grip forcefully 襟(jīn)lapel 控(kòng)control 咽(yān)throat A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0