压阵
yā zhèn
Pinyin

Definition

压阵
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yā zhèn
  1. to bring up the rear
  2. to provide support
  3. to hold the lines

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
阵
zhèn
  1. 1 disposition of troops
  2. 2 wave
  3. 3 spate
  4. 4 burst
  5. 5 spell
  6. 6 short period of time
  7. 7 classifier for events or states of short duration
阵地
zhèn dì
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 front
阵容
zhèn róng
  1. 1 troop arrangement
  2. 2 battle formation
  3. 3 lineup (of a sports team etc)
一阵
yī zhèn
  1. 1 a burst
  2. 2 a fit
  3. 3 a peal
  4. 4 a spell (period of time)
一阵子
yī zhèn zi
  1. 1 a while
  2. 2 a spell
  3. 3 a short time
  4. 4 a burst
上阵
shàng zhèn
  1. 1 to go into battle
助阵
zhù zhèn
  1. 1 to cheer
  2. 2 to root for
增压
zēng yā
  1. 1 to pressurize
  2. 2 to boost
  3. 3 to supercharge
压住
yā zhù
  1. 1 to press down
  2. 2 to crush down
  3. 3 to restrain (anger)
  4. 4 to keep down (voice)
压倒
yā dǎo
  1. 1 to overwhelm
  2. 2 to overpower
  3. 3 overwhelming
压制
yā zhì
  1. 1 to suppress
  2. 2 to inhibit
  3. 3 to stifle
压力山大
yā lì shān dà
  1. 1 (jocularly) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大[Yà lì shān dà])
压扁
yā biǎn
  1. 1 to squash
  2. 2 to crush flat
压挤
yā jǐ
  1. 1 to squeeze out
  2. 2 to extrude
压根
yà gēn
  1. 1 from the start
  2. 2 absolutely
  3. 3 entirely
  4. 4 simply
压根儿
yà gēn r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 壓根|压根[yà gēn]

Idioms (9)

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
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
  1. 1 to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
  2. 2 to get cold feet
自乱阵脚
zì luàn zhèn jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to lose one's head
  2. 2 to panic
  3. 3 to go to pieces
艺多不压身
yì duō bù yā shēn
  1. 1 it's always good to have more skills (idiom)
赤膊上阵
chì bó shàng zhèn
  1. 1 lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go all out
  3. 3 to come out in the open

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