Definition & Meaning

1.put down; (often politically) suppress

2.execute (a counterrevolutionary)

3.tamp; compact; roll

zhèn yā

镇 压

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1
v.put down; (often politically) suppress
- xuè xīng yě mán zhèn yā
  血腥野蛮镇压
  barbaric suppression
- zhèng zhì zhèn yā
  政治镇压
  political repression
- měi dāng gōng rén men yī kāi shǐ zǔ zhī qǐ lai jiù huì lì jí zāo dào zhèn yā
  每当工人们一开始组织起来，就会立即遭到镇压。
  Whenever the workers began to organize, they would be swiftly repressed.
synonym
yā fú压服
antonym
fǎn kàng反抗
2
v.infmlexecute (a counterrevolutionary)
- shā rén fàn yǐ bèi yī fǎ zhèn yā
  杀人犯已被依法镇压。
  The murderer was executed according to law.
- zuì dà è jí de fǎn gé mìng fèn zǐ yǐ jīng bèi zhèn yā le
  罪大恶极的反革命分子已经被镇压了。
  The counter-revolutionaries who committed the most heinous crimes have been put to death.
synonym
chǔ jué处决 zhèng fǎ正法
3
v.tamp; compact; roll
- zhèn yā sǎ féi jī
  镇压撒肥机
  plow

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