扼襟控咽

to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

to grip forcefully / to clutch at / to guard / to control / to hold

variant of 扼[e4]

lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom

to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia

narrow pass / throat / pharynx

variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]

to choke (in crying)

to swallow

throat; pharynx / narrow pass