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HSK
pressure (as measured)
road roller
high pressure / bearing a heavy weight
to compress
to reduce pressure / to relax
HSK 7-9
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
high tension power line
to constrain or repress emotions / oppressive / stifling / depressing / repression
HSK 7-9
data compression
(computing) compressed archive file
pressure
HSK 3
atmospheric pressure
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
atmospheric pressure
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior / Might makes right.
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
overwhelming
compactor / compressor
low blood pressure
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
pressure cooker
atmospheric pressure
compression ratio
mold pressing
to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle
HSK 7-9
to crush
tongue depressor / spatula
to compress; compression
HSK 7-9
chiropractic therapy
pressure vessel / autoclave
to crush to death
(manufacturing) hot pressing
suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell
hydraulic drive / hydraulic transmission
hydraulic pressure
to crush to pieces
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
to squash / to crush flat
to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate
to decompress / decompression (esp. computer)
(Tw) (loanword) acrylic
lamination
to pressurize / to pile on pressure
ground pressure
to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm
to suppress / to quell (a disturbance) / repression
(Tw) see 衝壓|冲压
to stamp; to press (sheet metal) / Taiwan pr. [chong1ya1]
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
pressure (physics)
piezoelectricity (physics)
low-pressure zone / depression (meteorology)
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer
to emboss / coining / knurling
lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
forming a dense mass
to lower (one's voice)
to depress prices
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
hydraulic jack
transformer
hyperbaric oxygen / hyperbaric oxygenation / also abbr. for 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗, hyperbaric therapy
peer pressure
Zener diode
blood pressure
HSK 7-9
(coll.) sleep paralysis
to simplify and condense (a text) / abridged
to compress / to compact
to pressure
HSK 7-9
atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure
hydraulic fracturing / fracking
to pressurize / to boost / to supercharge
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines
to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant
medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving)
next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax
to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
to pile up / to accumulate without being dealt with
high pressure washer
decompression sickness / the bends / also 減壓症|减压症
vise jaw / press board (in a machine)
see-saw
to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics)
HSK 6
acupressure / shiatsu
systolic blood pressure
barometer
Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动
hyperbaric medicine / hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧療法|高压氧疗法
(medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated
low pressure / low voltage
biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
compressor
decompression schedule
tire pressure

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