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压力

yā lì

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 壓力

压力 (yā lì) means "pressure". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 压力 means

1. pressure

The characters in 压力

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 力lìpower; force; strength

Example sentences

• 压力很巨大。
  The pressure was tremendous.
• 你怎么释放压力？
  Nǐ zěnme shìfàng yālì?
  How do you relieve stress?
• 她无法应付压力。
  Tā wúfǎ yìngfu yālì.
  She is unable to cope with stress.
• 你不能应对压力。
  Nǐ bù néng yìngduì yālì.
  You couldn't handle the pressure.
• 你怎幺释放压力？
  How do you relieve stress?
• 我最近压力有点大。
  I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

Words starting with 压力

• 压力计yā lì jìpressure gauge; manometer; piezometer
• 压力容器yā lì róng qìpressure vessel; autoclave
• 压力山大yā lì shān dà(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亚历山大
• 压力强度yā lì qiáng dùpressure (as measured)
• 压力锅yā lì guōpressure cooker

Words containing 压力

• 大气压力dà qì yā lìatmospheric pressure
• 同侪压力tóng chái yā lìpeer pressure
• 创伤后压力症候群chuāng shāng hòu yā lì zhèng hòu qún(Taiwan) post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD

Where 压力 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Problems & solutions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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