镇压 (鎮壓)
zhèn yā
Pinyin

Definition

镇压 (鎮壓)
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zhèn yā
  1. suppression
  2. repression
  3. to suppress
  4. to put down
  5. to quell

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

压
yā
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to push down
  3. 3 to keep under (control)
  4. 4 pressure
压力
yā lì
  1. 1 pressure
压抑
yā yì
  1. 1 to constrain or repress emotions
  2. 2 oppressive
  3. 3 stifling
  4. 4 depressing
  5. 5 repression
血压
xuè yā
  1. 1 blood pressure
镇
zhèn
  1. 1 to press down
  2. 2 to calm
  3. 3 to subdue
  4. 4 to suppress
  5. 5 to guard
  6. 6 garrison
  7. 7 small town
  8. 8 to cool or chill (food or drinks)

Idioms (6)

以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
压而不服
yā ér bù fú
  1. 1 coercion will never convince (idiom)
强龙不压地头蛇
qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé
  1. 1 lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
  1. 1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
秤砣虽小压千斤
chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn
  1. 1 although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom)
  2. 2 apparently insignificant details can have a large impact
  3. 3 for want of a nail the battle was lost

Sample Sentences

白素贞触犯了天条。一生下孩子，法海就把她收服，镇压在雷峰塔下。许仙非常难过，也出家了。
Bái Sùzhēn chùfàn le tiāntiáo 。yī shēngxià háizi ，Fǎhǎi jiù bǎ tā shōufú ，zhènyā zài Léifēng tǎ xià 。Xǔ Xiān fēicháng nánguò ，yě chūjiā le 。
Bai Suzhen had committed a crime against the gods. As soon as her child was born, Fa Hai subdued Bai Suzhen and imprisoned her in Leifeng Tower. Xu Xian was extremely sad and became a monk.
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