压制
yā zhì
Pinyin

Definition

压制
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yā zhì
  1. to suppress
  2. to inhibit
  3. to stifle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhì
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to regulate
  4. 4 variant of 製|制[zhì]
zhì dù
  1. 1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
  2. 2 institution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
shí míng zhì
  1. 1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
yì zhì
  1. 1 to inhibit
  2. 2 to keep down
  3. 3 to suppress
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
zì zhì
  1. 1 to maintain self-control
  2. 2 self-control
zhì zuò
  1. 1 to make
  2. 2 to manufacture
zhì zào
  1. 1 to manufacture
  2. 2 to make
lù zhì
  1. 1 to record (video or audio)
xiàn zhì
  1. 1 to restrict
  2. 2 to limit
  3. 3 to confine
  4. 4 restriction
  5. 5 limit
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
rǔ zhì pǐn
  1. 1 dairy products
kè zhì
  1. 1 to restrain
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 restraint
  4. 4 self-control
zhì dòng
  1. 1 to brake
zhì tú
  1. 1 cartographic
  2. 2 graphics
zhì dìng
  1. 1 to draw up
  2. 2 to formulate
zhì shì
  1. 1 standardized
  2. 2 standard (service, method etc)
  3. 3 regulation (clothing etc)
  4. 4 formulaic
  5. 5 (telecommunications etc) system
  6. 6 format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
zhì fú
  1. 1 to subdue
  2. 2 to check
  3. 3 to bring under control
  4. 4 (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
  5. 5 uniform (army, party, school etc)
  6. 6 livery (for company employees)
  7. 7 CL:套[tào]
zhì zhǐ
  1. 1 to curb
  2. 2 to put a stop to
  3. 3 to stop
  4. 4 to check
  5. 5 to limit
zhì yuē
  1. 1 to restrict
  2. 2 condition
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine

Idioms (7)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
先发制人
xiān fā zhì rén
  1. 1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 preemptive
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
因时制宜
yīn shí zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
  1. 1 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work

Sample Sentences

经济大环境不佳,但赵厂长仍然带领团队冲出重围,景气差也不能压制一个人的才华,今天展览的座谈,我们请到该公司的公关主任,王主任,来谈谈他们的营销策略。
jīngjì dàhuánjìng bù jiā ,dàn zhào chǎngzhǎng réngrán dàilǐng tuánduì chōngchū chóngwéi ,jǐngqì chà yě bù néng yāzhì yī ge rén de cáihuá ,jīntiān zhǎnlǎn de zuòtán ,wǒmen qǐngdào gāi gōngsī de gōngguān zhǔrèn ,Wáng zhǔrèn ,lái tán tan tāmen de yíngxiāo cèlüè 。
Despite economic conditions not being great, Mr Zhao, the factory director, led his team to break with this trend. The economy being bad can't repress an individual's talent. At the forum at the exhibition, we invited the PR director of the company, Mr Wang, to discuss their marketing strategies.
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说起来倒挺好玩的。不过黄酒之所以成为江南的特产,还是因为白酒的“压制”。
shuō qǐlái dào tǐng hǎowán de 。bùguò huángjiǔ zhīsuǒyǐ chéngwéi jiāngnán de tèchǎn ,háishì yīnwèi báijiǔ de “yāzhì ”。