压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 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 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 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 水力 shuǐ lì hydraulic power 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 水头 水頭 shuǐ tóu hydraulic head / total head 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 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng hydraulic engineering 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 李冰 lǐ bīng Li Bing (c. 3rd century BC) hydraulic engineer who designed the Dujiangyan 都江堰[Du1 jiang1 yan4] irrigation system in Sichuan 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 液压泵 液壓泵 hydraulic pump 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 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 西门豹 西門豹 xī mén bào Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2] 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 压盘 壓盤 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传压板 傳壓板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 液压传动 液壓傳動 yè yā chuán dòng hydraulic drive / hydraulic transmission 液压管提升系统 hydraulic pipe lift system / hydraulic lift 液力 yè lì hydraulic power / (attributive) hydraulic 巨大压力 巨大壓力 jù dà yā lì enormous pressure / tremendous pressure 中压管 中壓管 zhōng yā guǎn medium pressure tube / middle pressure hose (diving) 等压 等壓 děng yā constant pressure / equal pressure 压发雷 pressure-fused mine / pressure mine 反应堆测压管 nuclear reactor pressure tube / pressure tube 水利家 shuǐ lì jiā water manager / hydraulic engineer 水力鼓风 水力鼓風 shuǐ lì gǔ fēng hydraulic bellows / water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) 液压千斤顶 液壓千斤頂 yè yā qiān jīn dǐng hydraulic jack 水力资源 水力資源 shuǐ lì zī yuán hydraulic resources 导水率 hydraulic conductivity / permeability 导水性 dǎo shuǐ xìng hydraulic conductivity / permeability 渗透系数 hydraulic conductivity / permeability 水力采矿系统 hydraulic mining system 非洲水利研究委员会 非洲水利研究委員會 Inter-African Committee for Hydraulic Studies 坎儿井和历代水力结构国际中心 坎兒井和歷代水力結構國際中心 International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures 阿拉伯常设水力方桉委员会 阿拉伯常設水力方案委員會 Permanent Arab Committee for the Hydraulic Programme 国际水利学工程研究协会 國際水利學工程研究協會 International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research 国际水力研究协会 國際水力研究協會 International Association for Hydraulic Research 水力压裂 水力壓裂 hydraulic fracturing / hydrofracturing 关于涉及多国开发水电公约 關於涉及多國開發水電公約 Convention relating to the Development of Hydraulic Power affecting more than one State 水力和农村设备高级技术人员学校 水力和農村設備高級技術人員學校 School for Senior Hydraulic and Rural Equipment Technicians 国家间水力研究委员会 國家間水力研究委員會 Inter-State Committee for Hydraulic Studies 水力压裂 水力壓裂 shuǐ lì yā liè hydraulic fracturing / fracking 记者无国界 記者無國界 jì zhě wú guó jiè Reporters Without Borders (pressure group) 标准状况 標準狀況 biāo zhǔn zhuàng kuàng standard conditions for temperature and pressure 标准状态 標準狀態 biāo zhǔn zhuàng tài standard conditions for temperature and pressure 毫巴 háo bā millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal) 偪 bī variant of 逼, to compel / to pressure / to force / to bother 加压釜 加壓釜 jiā yā fǔ pressure chamber / pressurized cauldron 千帕 qiān pà kilopascal (kPa, unit of pressure) 南诏国 南詔國 nán zhào guó Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure 同侪压力 同儕壓力 tóng chái yā lì peer pressure 地面气压 地面氣壓 dì miàn qì yā ground pressure 压力强度 壓力強度 yā lì qiáng dù pressure (as measured) 大气压力 大氣壓力 dà qì yā lì atmospheric pressure 大气压强 大氣壓強 dà qì yā qiáng atmospheric pressure 心脏收缩压 心臟收縮壓 xīn zàng shōu suō yā systolic blood pressure 心脏舒张压 心臟舒張壓 xīn zàng shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 收缩压 收縮壓 shōu suō yā systolic blood pressure 敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure 普萘洛尔 普萘洛爾 pǔ nài luò ěr propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 毫米水银柱 毫米水銀柱 háo mǐ shuǐ yín zhù millibar (unit of pressure) 温压 溫壓 wēn yā temperature and pressure 无国界记者 無國界記者 wú guó jiè jì zhě Reporters Without Borders (pressure group) 