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Chinese Traditional: 鎮壓
Chinese Simplified: 镇压
Pinyin: zhen4 ya1
Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄚ
English Meaning: to quell, to put down, to suppress
Classifier: 場场 (chang3)

Example Sentences:

三十幾個暴動份子死於這次的鎮壓行動。
三十几个暴动份子死于这次的镇压行动。
san1 shi2 ji3 ge5 bao4 dong4 fen4 zi3 si3 yu2 zhe4 ci4 de5 zhen4 ya1 xing2 dong4.
More than 30 insurgents were killed during the operation.
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Related Words:

鎮镇

zhèn

1. town, township 2. to suppress, to press down 3. (of food or drinks) to cool, to chill 4. to guard 5. to calm, to tranquilize, to sedate 6. to awe, to frighten

Here: to suppress, to press down

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壓压

yā

1. to press, to push down, to crush 2. pressure

Here: to press, to push down, to crush

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