高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 血债血偿 血債血償 xuè zhài xuè cháng a debt of blood must be paid in blood / blood calls for blood / also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2] 血债要用血来偿 血債要用血來償 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái cháng A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood. 血债要用血来还 血債要用血來還 xuè zhài yào yòng xuè lái huán A debt of blood must be paid in blood. / Blood calls for blood. 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 压盘 壓盤 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传压板 傳壓板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 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 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 血流漂杵 xuè liú piāo chǔ enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom) / rivers of blood / blood bath 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 低地球轨道 low Earth orbit / low orbit / low-altitude orbit 低水平放射性废物 低水平放射性廢物 dī shuǐ píng fàng shè xìng fèi wù low-activity waste / low-level waste / low-level radioactive waste 气压 氣壓 qì yā atmospheric pressure / barometric pressure syn 稳压 穩壓 wěn yā stabilized voltage / regulated voltage / steady pressure / regulated pressure 抗压 抗壓 kàng yā to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant 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 高血压 高血壓 gāo xuè yā high blood pressure / hypertension 血压 血壓 xuè yā blood pressure 血压计 血壓計 xuè yā jì blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer 舒张压 舒張壓 shū zhāng yā diastolic blood pressure 心得安 xīn dé ān propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood 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 普萘洛尔 普萘洛爾 pǔ nài luò ěr propranolol (beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure) 脉压 脈壓 mài yā blood pressure syn 低气压 低氣壓 dī qì yā low pressure / depression (meteorology) 低压带 低壓帶 dī yā dài low-pressure zone / depression (meteorology) 血型 xuè xíng blood group / blood type 骨肉 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood syn 充血 chōng xuè hyperemia (increase in blood flow) / blood congestion 血族 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin 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 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 抽血 chōu xuè to take blood / to draw blood (e.g. for a test) 鲜血淋漓 鮮血淋漓 xiān xuè lín lí to be drenched with blood / dripping blood 瘀血 yū xuè clotted blood / extravasated blood (leaking into surrounding tissue) / thrombosis 验血 驗血 yàn xuè to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 隐血 隱血 yǐn xuè occult blood (in medicine, fecal blood from internal bleeding) syn 瘀 yū hematoma (internal blood clot) / extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue) / contusion 膏血 gāo xuè lit. fat and blood / fruit of one's hard labor / flesh and blood 血晕 血暈 xuè yùn coma caused by loss of blood / fainting at the sight of blood / Taiwan pr. [xie3 yun1] 血瘤 xuè liú blood tumor / angioma (tumor consisting of a mass of blood vessels) 猪血糕 豬血糕 zhū xiě gāo pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces 血液毒剂 血液毒劑 blood agent / blood gas 血液气体 血液氣體 blood agent / blood gas 血膜 blood film / blood smear 血涂片 血塗片 blood film / blood smear 血细胞计数 血細胞計數 blood count / blood cell count 血脉偾张 血脈僨張 xuè mài fèn zhāng lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom) / fig. one's blood runs quicker / to be excited 血饼 血餅 xuè bǐng blood clot / coagulated blood 纯血统 純血統 chún xuè tǒng pure-blood / full-blood 宝血 寶血 bǎo xuè (Christianity) Precious Blood (of Jesus Christ) / Blood of Christ 血脉偾张 血脈僨張 xuè mài - fèn zhāng lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom) / fig. one's blood runs quicker / to be excited 验血 驗血 yàn xiě to do a blood test / to have one's blood tested 鲜血淋漓 鮮血淋漓 xiān xuè - lín lí (idiom) drenched with blood / dripping with blood 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 高不凑低不就 高不湊低不就 gāo bù còu dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 高低不就 gāo dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 平均大潮低潮面 píng jūn dài cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water springs / spring low-water 低潮线 低潮線 dī cháo xiàn low-water line / LW line / low-tide mark 平均小潮低潮面 píng jūn xiǎo cháo dī cháo miàn mean low-water neaps / neap low-water 低毒性浓度 低毒性濃度 low toxic concentration / toxic concentration low 低当量核武器 低當量核武器 low-yield nuclear weapon / low-yield weapon 干潮 乾潮 gān cháo low tide / low water V沟 V溝 V gōu low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully / low neckline that reveals the cleavage / décolleté / gully 水丝 水絲 shuǐ sī (silver) of low purity / low grade 沉潜 沉潛 chén qián to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low / to keep a low profile / quiet / reserved / self-possessed 大头兵 大頭兵 dà tóu bīng low-ranking soldier / (by extension) low-level employee 廉航 lián háng low-cost carrier / low-cost airline / budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 kong1]) 压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 施加 shī jiā to exert (effort or pressure) syn 强弱 強弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak / intensity / amount of force or 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 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 减压 減壓 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 施压 施壓 shī yā to pressure 加压 加壓 jiā yā to pressurize / to pile on pressure 压力容器 壓力容器 yā lì róng qì pressure vessel / autoclave 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 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 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 