拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 俯卧撑 俯臥撐 fǔ wò chēng push-up / press-up (exercise) 开机 開機 kāi jī to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show 逼近 bī jìn to press on towards / to close in on / to approach / to draw near syn 挤压 擠壓 jǐ yā to squeeze / to press / to extrude syn 新闻界 新聞界 xīn wén jiè the press / the media 豁出去 huō chu qu to throw caution to the wind / to press one's luck / to go for broke syn 压榨 壓榨 yā zhà to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing syn 按键 按鍵 àn jiàn button or key (on a device) / keystroke / CL:個|个[ge4] / to press a button 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn 夹板 夾板 jiā bǎn wooden boards used to press sth together / (medicine) splint 贴近 貼近 tiē jìn to press close to / to snuggle close / intimate syn 报刊 報刊 bào kān newspapers and periodicals / the press syn 推举 推舉 tuī jǔ to nominate as a worthy candidate / to recommend / to elect / to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press syn 紧贴 緊貼 jǐn tiē to stick close to / to press up against syn 紧逼 緊逼 jǐn bī to press hard / to close in on syn 新闻稿 新聞稿 xīn wén gǎo press release 一往无前 一往無前 yī wǎng wú qián to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward syn 按压 按壓 àn yā to press / to push (a button) syn 印刷机 印刷機 yìn shuā jī printing press 敦促 dūn cù to press / to urge / to hasten syn 迫近 pò jìn to approach / to press in syn 美联社 美聯社 měi lián shè Associated Press (AP) / abbr. for 美國聯合通訊社|美国联合通讯社[Mei3 guo2 Lian2 he2 Tong1 xun4 she4] 拉夫 lā fū to force into service / press-gang 报界 報界 bào jiè the press / journalistic circles / the journalists 冲压 沖壓 chòng yā to stamp / to press (sheet metal) / Taiwan pr. [chong1ya1] syn 难为 難為 nán wei to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) syn 手抄本 shǒu chāo běn manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press) 新华社 新華社 xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party 逼债 逼債 bī zhài to press for payment of debts / to dun 榨油 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables / to press 催逼 cuī bī to press (for a payment) syn 点击 點擊 diǎn jī to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button) 告诉 告訴 gào sù to press charges / to file a complaint syn 按下 àn xià to press down / to press a button 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013) 书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house) 抵住 dǐ zhù to resist / to press against / to brace 商务印书馆 商務印書館 shāng wù yìn shū guǎn The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897) 记者招待会 記者招待會 jì zhě zhāo dài huì press conference 新闻办公室 新聞辦公室 xīn wén bàn gōng shì Press Office 新闻出版总署 新聞出版總署 xīn wén chū bǎn zǒng shǔ General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization) 进逼 進逼 jìn bī to advance on sth / to press closely (on some goal) syn 钻床 鑽床 zuàn chuáng drilling machine / drill press 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 杂沓 雜沓 zá tà small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult syn 按 àn to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment syn 逼 bī to force (sb to do sth) / to compel / to press for / to extort / to press on towards / to press up to / to close in on / euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1] syn 压 壓 yā to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure syn 镇 鎮 zhèn to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) syn 登 dēng to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) syn 踩 cǎi to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote syn 挤 擠 jǐ to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule) syn 夹 夾 jiā to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2] syn 踏 tà to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot syn 催 cuī to urge / to press / to prompt / to rush sb / to hasten sth / to expedite syn 裹 guǒ to wrap around / bundle / parcel / package / to press into service / to pressgang / to make off with (sth) syn 抵 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense) syn 榨 zhà to press / to extract (juice) / device for extracting juice, oils etc syn 摁 èn to press (with one's finger or hand) syn 记者会 記者會 jì zhě huì press conference 新闻官 新聞官 public information officer / press information officer syn 硌 gè (coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe syn 付印 fù yìn to go to press / to submit for printing 追逼 zhuī bī to pursue closely / to press / to demand (payment) / to extort (a concession) syn 印刷所 yìn shuā suǒ printing press / printing office / printer 捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) syn 揿 撳 qìn to press (with one's hand or finger) syn 醡 zhà press for extracting wine 迮 zé haste / to press 拶 zǎn to press or squeeze hard syn 催命 cuī mìng to press sb to death / fig. to pressurize sb continually 力促 lì cù to urge / to press (for action) syn 扼喉抚背 扼喉撫背 è hóu fǔ bèi lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom) / fig. to occupy all key points (military) 法压壶 法壓壺 fǎ yā hú French press / press pot 滤压壶 濾壓壺 lǜ yā hú French press / press pot 摁扣儿 摁釦兒 èn kòu r snap fastener / press stud / popper syn 记者报导 記者報導 jì zhě bào dǎo press report 擫 yè to press down 综合报导 綜合報導 zōng hé bào dǎo summary report / press release / brief 新闻自由 新聞自由 xīn wén zì yóu freedom of the press 上海商务印书馆 上海商務印書館 shàng hǎi shāng wù yìn shū guǎn Commercial Press, Shanghai (from 1897) 乘胜追击 乘勝追擊 chéng shèng zhuī jī to follow up a victory and press home the attack / to pursue retreating enemy syn 付梓 fù zǐ (literary) to send (a manuscript) to the press 勒逼 lè bī to coerce / to force / to press sb into doing sth syn 古登堡 gǔ dēng bǎo Gutenberg (name) / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale 合众国际社 合眾國際社 hé zhòng guó jì shè United Press International (UPI) 国家广播电影电视总局 國家廣播電影電視總局 guó jiā xīn wén chū bǎn guǎng diàn zǒng jú State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) / abbr. to 廣電總局|广电总局[Guang3 dian4 Zong3 ju2] 塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth / to press sb to accept sth / to insert surreptitiously / to foist sth off on sb 压蒜器 壓蒜器 yā suàn qì garlic press 大蒜碾碎器 dà suàn niǎn suì qì garlic press 挨擦 āi cā to press against / to nuzzle up to 掠卖 掠賣 lüè mài to press-gang sb and sell into slavery 掠卖华工 掠賣華工 lüè mài huá gōng Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism 揾 搵 wèn (literary) to wipe away (tears) / to press with one's fingers / to soak 敲榨 qiāo zhà to press (fruit) / variant of 敲詐|敲诈[qiao1 zha4] 发稿时 發稿時 fā gǎo shí time of publication / at the time of going to press 蒜茸钳 蒜茸鉗 suàn róng qián garlic press 