镇压

Traditional form:

鎮壓

Pinyin (reading):

zhènyā

Definitions:

• suppression
• repression
• to suppress
• to put down
• to quell

Characters:

• 镇 - calm, composed; to control, to suppress
• 压 - press; oppress; crush; pressure

Traditional characters:

• 鎮 - calm, composed; to control, to suppress
• 壓 - press; oppress; crush; pressure