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

朋友们劝阻他去冒险。

Péngyoumen quànzǔ tā qù màoxiǎn.

His friends tried to dissuade him from taking the risk.

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.

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