執縛

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Chinese

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execute (a plan); grasp to bind; to tie
trad. (執縛)
simp. (执缚)

Etymology

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From Hanfeizi:

县令執縛不及 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
县令执缚不及 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Han Feizi, circa 2nd century BCE
Jí chén dé zuì, jìn wáng zhě bù jiàn chén, xiànlìng zhě yíng chén zhífù, hòu lì zhě zhuī chén zhì jìng shàng, bùjí ér zhǐ. [Pinyin]
As I was declared guilty, the king's henchmen refused to see me, the county governors welcomed me with constraint, and the officials-to-be chased me to as far as the borderline, till I outran them.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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執縛

  1. to arrest
  2. to constrain