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 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 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 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 陆上 陸上 lù shàng land-based / on land 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 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 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 耕地 gēng dì arable land / to plow land syn 地租 dì zū land rent / land tax 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 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 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 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 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] 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land / fertile land syn 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 富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2] 鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey syn 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 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 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 哀鸿遍野 哀鴻遍野 āi hóng biàn yě lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom) / fig. land swarming with disaster victims / starving people fill the land syn 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 陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn 降落 jiàng luò to descend / to land syn 处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin / maiden / maiden (voyage etc) / virgin (land) / (a novelist's) first (work) syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 着陆 著陸 zhuó lù landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down 登陆 登陸 dēng lù to land / to come ashore / to make landfall (of typhoon etc) / to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[deng1 lu4]) 天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn 牧场 牧場 mù chǎng pasture / grazing land / ranch 庄园 莊園 zhuāng yuán manor / feudal land / villa and park syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space syn 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 田野 tián yě field / open land / CL:片[pian4] syn 荒地 huāng dì wasteland / uncultivated land syn 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 落下 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) syn 陷落 xiàn luò to surrender (of a fortress) / to fall (to the enemy) / subsidence (of land) syn 地皮 dì pí lot / section of land / ground syn 梦乡 夢鄉 mèng xiāng the land of dreams / slumberland syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 农田 農田 nóng tián farmland / cultivated land syn 地契 dì qì title deed (for land) / CL:張|张[zhang1],份[fen4] 不毛之地 bù máo zhī dì (idiom) barren land / desert 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 种地 種地 zhòng dì to farm / to work the land syn 陆路 陸路 lù lù land route / overland route syn 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 幻境 huàn jìng land of fantasy / fairyland syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 起降 qǐ jiàng (of aircraft) to take off and land syn 拓荒 tuò huāng to open up land (for agriculture) syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 丰腴 豐腴 fēng yú full-bodied / well-rounded / fig. fertile land syn 