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鎮壓

简镇压 · 繁鎮壓

Mandarin · pinyin zhèn yā

suppression
repression
to suppress
to put down
to quell

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镇: zhèn · town, market place; suppress
压: yā · press; oppress; crush; pressure

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4–1 · zhen4 ya1

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zan3 aat3

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verb

to suppress; to repress; to inhibit; to stifle; to put down
to execute (a counterrevolutionary or criminal); to put to death
to roll; to compact; to tamp (of soil)

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