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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *关* | 关* | *关
mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
HSK 1
to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锁* | 锁* | *锁
to lock; to lock up / a lock (CL:)
HSK 5
to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闸* | 闸* | *闸
old variant of 閘|闸 / sluice / lock (on waterway)
HSK 7-9
to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
HSK 7-9
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
to confine / to lock up / to pen in
to lock; to be locked
to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
door lock
to keep one's lips sealed / (of a wound) to heal / to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc) / the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc / (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)
a canal lock
sluice / water gate / waterlocks / floodgate / lock / dam
to lock
bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc) / (electrical) plug
to lock / to lock up
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
to wrestle / (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle / Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
to lock the door
to close firmly / to fasten securely / to make fast / to lock
all of it / lock, stock and barrel
locked in a stalemate / to confront one another
lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
to imprison / to lock up (in jail)
key and lock / (fig.) strategic place
hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom); inextricably involved / locked in battle
built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁 "exposed lock")
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绺* | 绺* | *绺
skein / tuft / lock
lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
(idiom) the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鑐* | 鑐* | *鑐
bolt of a Chinese lock
lock
region lock (gaming etc)
locking pliers; mole grips
latch / bolt (to lock a door or window)
lock up / lock out / to lock
to lock down a city
combination lock
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
to pick a lock / to force a lock
bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)
locked up; closed off / (of one's brow) furrowed; frowning
fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock
One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
to lock down
magnetic lock
locker / lockable compartment
catch (of a lock)
caps lock
pin tumbler lock / spring lock
combination lock
to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads
lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns
spring lock
exposed lock; external lock (e.g. padlock or surface-mounted latch) (contrasted with 暗鎖|暗锁 "built-in lock")
(computing) to lock the screen; lock screen
a lock
lock-up period (on stock options)


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