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. 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 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 血流漂杵 xuè liú piāo chǔ enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom) / rivers of blood / blood bath 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 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low 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) 心脏舒张压 心臟舒張壓 xīn zàng shū zhāng yā diastolic 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 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 压力 壓力 yā lì pressure syn 液压 液壓 yè yā hydraulic pressure syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 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] 水压 水壓 shuǐ yā water pressure 负压 負壓 fù yā suction / negative pressure 压强 壓強 yā qiáng pressure (physics) 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 高压锅 高壓鍋 gāo yā guō pressure cooker syn 大气压 大氣壓 dà qì yā atmospheric pressure 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 眼压 眼壓 yǎn yā intraocular pressure syn 渗透压 滲透壓 shèn tòu yā osmotic pressure syn 高压清洗机 高壓清洗機 gāo yā qīng xǐ jī high pressure washer 压力锅 壓力鍋 yā lì guō pressure cooker syn 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) 钉子户 釘子戶 dīng zi hù householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 压力计 壓力計 yā lì jì pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer 挤牙膏 擠牙膏 jǐ yá gāo lit. to squeeze out toothpaste / fig. to extract a confession under pressure 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 压 壓 yā to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure syn 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 