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  *鎖* | 鎖* | *鎖
to lock; to lock up / a lock (CL:)
HSK 5
to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
HSK 7-9
to interlock / to be linked / chain (store etc)
HSK 7-9
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
zipper
HSK 7-9
chain store
HSK 7-9
to lock; to be locked
(dialect) key / Taiwan pr. [suo3 shi5]
to unlock
collarbone / clavicle
chains / shackles
fogbound / enshrouded in mist
to lock the door
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
chain reaction
blockade line; cordon / CL:
stocks and chain / in fetters
deadlock (computing)
locksmith
to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact
built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁 "exposed lock")
padlock
chain store
caps lock
key and lock / (fig.) strategic place
(idiom) the shackles of fame and fortune
One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
lock
to lock
to unlock / to release
to pick a lock / to force a lock
bolt-action lock (sliding bolt mechanism, surface or mortise-mounted)
fetter lock (to restrain horse) / handcuff lock
to apply a chokehold
to lock / to lock up
keyhole
general term for squids (Tw)
combination lock
pin tumbler lock / spring lock
spring lock
door lock
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
exposed lock; external lock (e.g. padlock or surface-mounted latch) (contrasted with 暗鎖|暗锁 "built-in lock")
nuclear chain reaction
locked up; closed off / (of one's brow) furrowed; frowning
magnetic lock
combination lock
region lock (gaming etc)
suona, Chinese shawm / see 嗩吶|唢呐
to close a country; to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)
latch (electronic)
(computing) to lock the screen; lock screen
lock up / lock out / to lock
catch (of a lock)
keyhole
latch / bolt (to lock a door or window)
a lock
lock-up period (on stock options)


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