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  • 1

    v.press; squeeze; mechanical expression; extract (juice, etc.) by pressure

    • yòng gān zhe zhì táng yī bān yǒu yā zhà hé jiān áo liǎng gè bù zhòu

      甘蔗一般压榨煎熬步骤

      Refining sugar generally calls for two steps, first, squeezing sugar canes to obtain the juice, and second, boiling the juice to condense it.

    • wǒ men yā zhà pú táo lái niàng jiǔ

      我们压榨葡萄酿酒

      We press grapes to make wine.

    • bǎ pú táo yā zhà chéng jiàng

      葡萄压榨

      Squash the grapes into a pulp.

  • 2

    v.metableed white; fleece; oppress and exploit; plunder; expropriate

    • gāo lì dài zhě huì yā zhà qióng rén

      高利贷压榨穷人

      The usurer squeezed the poor people.

    • wù zhǔ kào yā zhà nóng mín ér yíng dé bào lì

      物主压榨农民赢得暴利

      The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.

    • zī běn jiā qīng xiàng yú yā zhà gōng rén

      资本家倾向压榨工人

      The capitalists tend to exploit the working people.