镇压

鎮壓
zhènyā
  1. suppression
  2. repression
  3. to suppress
  4. to put down
  5. to quell

CEDICT

  1. to execute (a counterrevolutionary or criminal); to put to death
  2. to roll; to compact; to tamp (of soil)
  3. to suppress; to repress; to inhibit; to stifle; to put down

Wiktionary

  1. 以武力禁止暴乱，如：「镇压暴民」。《三国演义．第一三回》：「帝与大臣议事于茅屋之下，诸将引兵于篱外镇压。」也作「压镇」。
  2. 叠压。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 镇 zhèn
  1. to press down
  2. to calm
  3. to subdue
  4. to suppress
  5. to guard
  6. garrison
  7. small town
  8. to cool or chill (food or drinks)
2 压 yā
  1. to press
  2. to push down
  3. to keep under (control)
  4. pressure

Containing this entry

镇压反革命运动 Zhènyā Fǎngémìng Yùndòng Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 镇反运动 Zhènfǎn Yùndòng

Related entries

弹压 tányā
  1. to suppress
  2. to quell (a disturbance)
  3. repression
压抑 yāyì
  1. to constrain or repress emotions
  2. oppressive
  3. stifling
  4. depressing
  5. repression
我無法壓抑心中的怒火。

I couldn't keep my anger down.

Source: Tatoeba

咽住 yànzhù to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
压制 yāzhì
  1. to suppress
  2. to inhibit
  3. to stifle
法国是在试图压制阿尔及利亚的发展吗？

Is France trying to suppress Algeria's development?

Source: Tatoeba

打压 dǎyā
  1. to suppress
  2. to beat down
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