拦

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)

Examples

• 警察拦住了那辆车。

  jǐng chá lán zhù le nà liàng chē.

  The police stopped that car.

• 他要走，我没拦他。

  tā yào zǒu, wǒ méi lán tā.

  He wanted to leave, and I didn't stop him.

• 我们在路边拦了一辆出租车。

  wǒ men zài lù biān lán le yí liàng chū zū chē.

  We flagged down a taxi by the roadside.

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