压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land syn 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 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 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 温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed / breeding ground / fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition syn 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 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 破土 pò tǔ to break ground / to start digging / to plough / to break through the ground (of seedling) / fig. the start of a building project 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 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 压力传感器 壓力傳感器 yā lì zhuàn gǎn qì pressure transducer 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 贮水 貯水 zhù shuǐ catchment / feeding ground / gathering ground 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 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) 地 dì earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4] syn 地上 dì shang on the ground / on the floor 地面 dì miàn floor / ground / surface syn 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 共同点 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn common ground 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground syn 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 坠毁 墜毀 zhuì huǐ (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash 操场 操場 cāo chǎng playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn 交集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 一败涂地 一敗塗地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 夷为平地 夷為平地 yí wéi píng dì to level / to raze to the ground 停机坪 停機坪 tíng jī píng aircraft parking ground / apron / tarmac (at airport) 胡椒粉 hú jiāo fěn ground pepper (i.e. powder) 赛马场 賽馬場 sài mǎ chǎng race course / race ground / race track 肉馅 肉餡 ròu xiàn ground meat / mincemeat 开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 地皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground syn 脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn 翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 练习场 練習場 liàn xí chǎng driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground 抢占 搶佔 qiǎng zhàn to seize (the strategic high ground) syn 刑场 刑場 xíng chǎng execution ground syn 炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) 动土 動土 dòng tǔ to break ground (prior to building sth) / to start building syn 渔场 漁場 yú chǎng fishing ground 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 攻击机 攻擊機 gōng jī jī ground attack aircraft 肉末 ròu mò ground meat syn 天寒地冻 天寒地凍 tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom) / bitterly cold syn 磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) syn 反扑 反撲 fǎn pū to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 出土 chū tǔ to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground 求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) syn 准绳 準繩 zhǔn shéng yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 地线 地線 dì xiàn earth (wire) / ground 叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] syn 别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn 法场 法場 fǎ chǎng execution ground syn 豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk syn 土鳖 土鱉 tǔ biē ground beetle / (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas / (dialect) country bumpkin 