to hold tight
Example Sentences
看到寒冬腊月街头那只浑身冻得瑟瑟发抖的小流浪狗，小女孩心疼得整个心都紧紧揪在了一起。
kàn dào hán dōng là yuè jiē tóu nà zhǐ hún shēn dòng dé sè sè fā dǒu de xiǎo liú làng gǒu, xiǎo nǚ hái xīn téng dé zhěng gè xīn dōu jǐn jǐn jiū zài le yì qǐ.
Seeing the little stray dog shivering with cold on the street in the dead of winter, the little girl felt so distressed that her whole heart clenched tightly.
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Related Words & Compounds
lit. grips the heart / worried / anxious
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution)
to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
creased; wrinkled / depressed; worried; upset
to uncover / to ferret out (the culprit)
to grab
to grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair) / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
(idiom) extremely anxious / anguished
heart-wrenching
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