截住 (jié zhù) — to intercept and stop; to block; to cut off

Definition

Examples

• 警察在路口截住了一辆可疑的车。
  Jǐng chá zài lù kǒu jié zhù le yí liàng kě yí de chē.
  The police intercepted a suspicious car at the intersection.
• 他试图逃跑，但被我们截住了。
  Tā shì tú táo pǎo, dàn bèi wǒ men jié zhù le.
  He tried to escape, but was intercepted by us.
• 洪水被堤坝截住，没有淹没村庄。
  Hóng shuǐ bèi dī bà jié zhù, méi yǒu yān mò cūn zhuāng.
  The flood was stopped by the dam and did not submerge the village.

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