高压 gāoyā high pressure
(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure; high voltage; systolic blood pressure; high-handed; oppressive
How to remember 高压: 高 high + 压 press = high pressure.
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How it is used
- High pressure / high voltage; also oppressive - 高压电 (gāoyā diàn) high-voltage electricity; 高压政策 (gāoyā zhèngcè) a high-handed policy.
- Spans physics (pressure/voltage), medicine (systolic 高压 blood pressure), and the figurative 'coercive/oppressive'.
- 高压锅 = pressure cooker; the 'oppressive' sense (高压统治) is common in politics.