劝阻

勸阻

quànzǔ

verb HSK 7-9 #25,634

Meanings

1 to dissuade; to advise against
2 to talk someone out of doing something

Characters

to advise; to urge

to block; to obstruct

Literally 'to advise and block' - using words to stop someone from doing something.

Examples

HSK 5

尽管大家劝阻，他还是去了。

Jǐnguǎn dàjiā quànzǔ, tā háishi qù le.

Despite everyone's dissuasion, he went anyway.

HSK 7-9

朋友们劝阻他去冒险。

Péngyou men quànzǔ tā qù màoxiǎn.

His friends tried to dissuade him from taking the risk.

Tips

grammar

劝阻 specifically means persuading someone NOT to do something - the opposite direction from 劝说. Structure: 劝阻 + person + (不要) + action. Compare: 劝说他去 (persuade him to go) vs. 劝阻他去 (dissuade him from going).

Stroke Order

劝 quàn

阻 zǔ