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压服

yā fú

2-character word Traditional 壓服

What 压服 means

1. to compel sb to obey; to force into submission; to subjugate

The characters in 压服

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment

Example sentences

• 富贵不能迷乱他的思想，贫贱不能改变他的操守，威武不能压服他的意志，这就是大丈夫的本分。
  Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.

Sounds the same

Read yā fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 压伏variant of 压服