Tuesday, January 13, 2015

13 Jan - 鎮壓 - (P: ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄚ) - Repression

Word: 鎮壓 - Repression
Pronounced: ㄓㄣˋㄧㄚ ||  Zhènyā

Building Blocks
- (P: ㄓㄣˋ ||  Zhèn) - Town/Village
- (P: ㄧㄚ ||  yā) - Press; Approach; Repress

Constructing the Word 鎮壓
Repression (鎮壓) is a pressed () town () .

Expansion - Crackdown - 鎮壓行動
鎮壓行動 - Crackdown where 行動 (ㄒㄧㄥˊㄉㄨㄥˋ || Xíngdòng) means action.

Crackdown (鎮壓行動) = Repression (鎮壓) + Action (行動)


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