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压迫

yā pò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 壓迫

压迫 (yā pò) means "to oppress; to repress; to constrict". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 压迫 means

1. to oppress
2. to repress
3. to constrict
4. oppression
5. stress (physics)

The characters in 压迫

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards

Example sentences

• 这个国家的政府压迫人民。
  Zhège guójiā de zhèngfǔ yāpò rénmín.
  The government of this country oppresses its people.

Where 压迫 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xuǎn–yā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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