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揪jiū
  1. to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull

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揪出jiū chū

to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit)

揪住jiū zhù

to grab

揪心jiū xīn

lit. grips the heart; worried; anxious

揪揪jiū jiu

creased; wrinkled; depressed; worried; upset

揪斗jiū dòu

to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)

揪痧jiū shā

folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation

揪送jiū sòng

to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)

揪辫子jiū biàn zi

to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points; to exploit the opponent's shortcomings

揪心扒肝jiū xīn bā gān

(idiom) extremely anxious; anguished

揪心揪肺jiū xīn jiū fèi

heart-wrenching

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.