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镇压

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  • [zhènyā]

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

镇压 [zhènyā]
  1. 1. verb suppress

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

镇压 [zhènyā]
  1. 1. suppress; repress; put down; crush; quell
    镇压叛乱
    put down a rebellion
    我们镇压了敌人的反革命。
    闹事的人都被镇压了。
  2. 2. execute (a counterrevolutionary)
    杀人犯已被依法镇压。
    The murderer was executed according to law.
  3. 3. [agriculture] rolling; compacting; tamping; repression

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

镇压 [zhènyā]
  1. 1. 动 用强力手段压制
    镇压叛乱。
  2. 2. 动 特指处决颠覆国家政权的人。
  3. 3. 动 压紧播种后的垄或植株旁边的土壤。
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Examples

镇压反革命
suppress counterrevolutionaries → 反革命
武力镇压
armed suppression → 武力
镇压叛乱
put down a rebellion → 镇压
杀人犯已被依法镇压。
The murderer was executed according to law. → 镇压
敌人对人民的反抗进行了血腥的镇压。 → 血腥
我们镇压了敌人的反革命。 → 镇压
闹事的人都被镇压了。 → 镇压
奸商和贪官勾连起来镇压剥削人民, 老百姓苦不堪言。
Unscrupulous merchants collude with corrupt government officials in suppressing and exploiting the people. The common people are suffering unspeakably. → 勾连
镇压。 → 压
镇压。 → 镇
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Word Decomposition

镇
[zhèn] 		+ 压
[yā]

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