压榨 meaning in English

yāzhà

to press; to squeeze

Traditional 壓榨20 strokes

Meaning of 压榨

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yāzhà
  1. to press
  2. to squeeze
  3. to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing

压榨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

资zī本běn家jiā倾qīng向xiàng于yú压yā榨zhà工gōng人rén。
The capitalists tend to exploit the working people.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

压 yā · to press · 6 strokes

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榨 zhà · to press · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 压榨.

压力yālìpressure
压迫yāpòto oppress; to repress
压制yāzhìto suppress; to inhibit
血压xuèyāblood pressure
压抑yāyìto constrain or repress emotions; oppressive
施压shīyāto pressure
压缩yāsuōto compress; compression
挤压jǐyāto squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on
高压gāoyā(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure
减压jiǎnyāto reduce pressure; to relax
高血压gāoxuèyāhigh blood pressure; hypertension
压倒yādǎoto overwhelm; to overpower

Questions about 压榨

What does 压榨 mean?

压榨 (yāzhà) means "to press; to squeeze".

How do you write 压榨?

压榨 is made of 2 characters: 压 (6 strokes), 榨 (14 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 压榨 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 压榨 is written 壓榨.