压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 施加 shī jiā to exert (effort or pressure) syn 施压 施壓 shī yā to pressure 气压 氣壓 qì yā atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure syn 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 减压 減壓 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 验血 驗血 yàn xuè to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood syn 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 抽血 chōu xuè to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test) 加压 加壓 jiā yā to pressurize / to pile on pressure 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 迫于 迫於 pò yú constrained / restricted / forced to / under pressure to do sth syn 外力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 血水 xuè shuǐ thin blood / watery blood syn 大气压 大氣壓 dà qì yā atmospheric pressure 钉子户 釘子戶 dīng zi hù householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 强弱 強弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or pressure 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 压强 壓強 yā qiáng pressure (physics) 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 压力计 壓力計 yā lì jì pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer 高压锅 高壓鍋 gāo yā guō pressure cooker syn 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 眼压 眼壓 yǎn yā intraocular pressure syn 渗透压 滲透壓 shèn tòu yā osmotic pressure syn 压力锅 壓力鍋 yā lì guō pressure cooker syn 血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 负压 負壓 fù yā suction / negative pressure 抗压 抗壓 kàng yā to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant 鲜血淋漓 鮮血淋漓 xiān xuè lín lí to be drenched with blood / dripping blood 压力传感器 壓力傳感器 yā lì zhuàn gǎn qì pressure transducer 瘀血 yū xuè clotted blood / extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue) / thrombosis 升压 升壓 shēng yā to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage 硬逼 yìng bī to pressure / to press / to force / to compel / to push / to coerce / to urge / to impel / to bully into / to be compelled 高压清洗机 高壓清洗機 gāo yā qīng xǐ jī high pressure washer 低气压 低氣壓 dī qì yā low pressure / depression (meteorology) 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 舒张压 舒張壓 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 压 壓 yā to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure syn 巴 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail syn 瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion 隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 血液 xuè yè blood / (fig.) lifeblood syn 流血 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood syn 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 鲜血 鮮血 xiān xuè blood 血腥 xuè xīng reeking of blood / bloody (events) syn 失血 shī xuè to lose blood / to hemorrhage / (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) 吸食 xī shí (of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw syn 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care syn 血清 xuè qīng serum / blood serum 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 血流 xuè liú blood flow syn 输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood / to give aid and support 血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels syn 血糖 xuè táng blood sugar 惨叫 慘叫 cǎn jiào to scream / blood-curdling screech / miserable shriek 献血 獻血 xiàn xuè to donate blood 血浆 血漿 xuè jiāng blood plasma 血泊 xuè pō pool of blood 血淋淋 xuè lín lín dripping with blood / bloody (tragedy) syn 凝结 凝結 níng jié to condense / to solidify / to coagulate / clot (of blood) 白细胞 白細胞 bái xì bāo white blood cell / leukocyte 血块 血塊 xuè kuài blood clot 血栓 xuè shuān blood clot / thrombus 混血儿 混血兒 hùn xuè ér person of mixed blood syn 大动脉 大動脈 dà dòng mài main artery (blood vessel) / fig. main highway / arterial road syn 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 一针见血 一針見血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head syn 红细胞 紅細胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte / red blood cell 放血 fàng xuè to let blood (Chinese medicine) / to bleed / to stab sb (slang) 血细胞 血細胞 xuè xì bāo blood cell 苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard / to practice diligently / hard work / blood, sweat, and tears 血小板 xuè xiǎo bǎn blood platelet 造血 zào xuè to make blood (function of bone marrow) 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style syn 白血球 bái xuè qiú white blood cell / leukocyte 血库 血庫 xuè kù blood bank 