迫害 pòhài to persecute
How to remember 迫害: 迫 to compel + 害 injure = to persecute.
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How it is used
- To persecute - systematic cruelty against a person or group - 遭受政治迫害 (zāoshòu zhèngzhì pòhài) to suffer political persecution.
- Heavy word for oppression by those in power (迫害异己 persecute dissidents; 残酷迫害).
- Much graver than 欺负 (qīfu, to bully); 迫害 implies organized, often ideological or state-level oppression causing real harm.