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挤压

jǐ yā

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 擠壓

挤压 (jǐ yā) means "to squeeze; to press; to extrude". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 挤压 means

1. to squeeze; to compress
2. (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on

The characters in 挤压

• 挤jǐto crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)

Example sentences

• 挤大豆肯定是很累人的工作，需要不停地挤压。
  Milking soybeans must be a tiring task, all that squeezing.

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