壓迫

简 压迫 · 繁 壓迫
Mandarin · pinyin yā pò

Meanings

  1. to oppress
  2. to repress
  3. to constrict
  4. oppression
  5. stress (physics)
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壓
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迫
pò · coerce, force, compel; urgent
压
yā · press; oppress; crush; pressure
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1–4 · ya1 po4

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verb

  1. to oppress; to tyrannise; to repress
  2. (medicine) to press on; to compress

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