扼腕 è wàn

to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 54720th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)

Characters

Character Meaning
扼 è
variant of 扼è; to grip forcefully; to hold
腕 wàn
wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm