wǎn
挽 (wǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up”.
Meanings
- 1to pull
- 2to draw (a cart or a bow)
- 3to roll up
- 4to coil
- 5to carry on the arm
- 6to lament the dead
- 7(fig.) to pull against
- 8to recover
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
挽救to save挽回to retrieve挽variant of 挽[wan3]挽留to urge to stay力挽狂澜to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis无可挽回irrevocable挽具harness挽歌a dirge不可挽回irreversible挽力pulling power (of draft animals)挽尊(neologism) (slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbr. for 挽回尊嚴|挽回尊严[wan3 hui2 zun1 yan2])挽幛large elegiac scroll