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Chinese
Etymology
From Hanfeizi:
及臣得罪，近王者不見臣，县令者迎臣執縛，候吏者追臣至境上，不及而止。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
及臣得罪，近王者不见臣，县令者迎臣执缚，候吏者追臣至境上，不及而止。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
- Jí chén dé zuì, jìn wáng zhě bù jiàn chén, xiànlìng zhě yíng chén zhífù, hòu lì zhě zhuī chén zhì jìng shàng, bùjí ér zhǐ.
- As I was declared guilty, the king's henchmen refused to see me, the county governors welcomed me with constraint, and the officials-to-be chased me to as far as the borderline, till I outran them.
Pronunciation
Verb
執縛
- to arrest
- to constrain