压坏
yā huài
Pinyin

Definition

压坏
 - 
yā huài
  1. to crush

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
坏
huài
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 spoiled
  3. 3 broken
  4. 4 to break down
  5. 5 (suffix) to the utmost
破坏
pò huài
  1. 1 destruction
  2. 2 damage
  3. 3 to wreck
  4. 4 to break
  5. 5 to destroy
吓坏
xià huài
  1. 1 to be terrified
  2. 2 to terrify sb
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]
压榨
yā zhà
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to squeeze
  3. 3 to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
压岁钱
yā suì qián
  1. 1 money given to children as new year present
压缩
yā suō
  1. 1 to compress
  2. 2 compression
压迫
yā pò
  1. 1 to oppress
  2. 2 to repress
  3. 3 to constrict
  4. 4 oppression
  5. 5 stress (physics)
坏事
huài shì
  1. 1 bad thing
  2. 2 misdeed
  3. 3 to ruin things
坏人
huài rén
  1. 1 bad person
  2. 2 villain

Idioms (10)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
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)
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
  1. 1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. 2 a great sage has died (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)
礼崩乐坏
lǐ bēng yuè huài
  1. 1 rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray
  2. 2 cf. 禮樂|礼乐[lǐ yuè]
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
艺多不压身
yì duō bù yā shēn
  1. 1 it's always good to have more skills (idiom)

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