压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
压倒
yādǎo
to overwhelm; to overpower; to crush
Characters in this word
倒 dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 到 to go to, to arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这位候选人以压倒性的票数获胜，反对派几乎没有还手之力。 Zhè wèi hòuxuǎnrén yǐ yādǎoxìng de piàoshù huòshèng, fǎnduìpài jīhū méiyǒu huánshǒu zhī lì. This candidate won by an overwhelming number of votes, leaving the opposition almost no ability to fight back.
- 面对如此有力的证据，对方的质疑被彻底压倒了。 Miànduì rúcǐ yǒulì de zhèngjù, duìfāng de zhìyí bèi chèdǐ yādǎo le. Faced with such powerful evidence, the other side's doubts were completely overwhelmed.
- 队长的出色发挥压倒了对手的信心。 Duìzhǎng de chūsè fāhuī yādǎo le duìshǒu de xìnxīn. The captain's brilliant performance crushed the opponents' confidence.
Related words
- 压 yā to press down
- 压力 yālì pressure; stress
- 减压 jiǎnyā to reduce pressure
- 血压 xuèyā blood pressure
- 压缩 yāsuō to compress
- 高血压 gāoxuèyā high blood pressure; hypertension
- 高压 gāoyā high pressure; coercive pressure; high voltage
- 挤压 jǐyā to squeeze; to compress; to put pressure on
- 气压 qìyā atmospheric pressure; air pressure
- 施压 shīyā to exert pressure
- 压迫 yāpò to oppress; to press against
- 压抑 yāyì to repress; oppressive; stifling