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pressure
HSK 3
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to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics)
HSK 6
to compress; compression
HSK 7-9
to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming
HSK 7-9
to constrain or repress emotions / oppressive / stifling / depressing / repression
HSK 7-9
to reduce pressure / to relax
HSK 7-9
to simplify and condense (a text) / abridged
it's always good to have more skills (idiom)
to lower (one's voice)
low pressure / low voltage
to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle
HSK 7-9
transformer
to squeeze / to press / to extrude
HSK 7-9
low blood pressure
(computing) compressed archive file
voltage
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
overwhelming
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
French press / press pot
to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm
blood pressure
HSK 7-9
to pressure
HSK 7-9
pressure (as measured)
to stamp; to press (sheet metal) / Taiwan pr. [chong1ya1]
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
atmospheric pressure
to decompress / decompression (esp. computer)
pressure (physics)
to suppress / to quell (a disturbance) / repression
compactor / compressor
pressure cooker
to press / to push (a button)
to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant
hydraulic pressure
low pressure / depression (meteorology)
vise jaw / press board (in a machine)
see-saw
atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure
compressible
to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show
data compression
vasopressor agent / antihypotensive agent (medicine)
ground pressure
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
to depress prices
medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving)
low-pressure zone / depression (meteorology)
(computing) lossy compression
high tension power line
coercion will never convince (idiom)
to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
barometer
(coll.) sleep paralysis
pyramid scheme
mold pressing
isobar (line of equal pressure)
high blood pressure / hypertension
HSK 7-9
to crush and bury
tongue depressor / spatula
to pile up / to accumulate without being dealt with
to crush to death
compressor
atmospheric pressure
to squeeze out / to extrude
to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce; to wipe the floor with; to be far superior
decompression schedule
acupressure / shiatsu
Zener diode
tire pressure
barometer
to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage
(Tw) (loanword) acrylic
systolic blood pressure
hydraulic drive / hydraulic transmission
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior / Might makes right.
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
lamination
stabilized voltage; regulated voltage / steady pressure; regulated pressure
atmospheric pressure
to suppress / to beat down
pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer
water pressure
voltmeter
diastolic blood pressure
temperature and pressure
suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
compression ratio
biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
hyperbaric oxygen / hyperbaric oxygenation / also abbr. for 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗, hyperbaric therapy
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
antihypertensive drug

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