"Forcing" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wài lì zuò yòng forcing
 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
 Dǎo biǎn Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations
 qì hòu zuò yòng lì climate forcing / radiative forcing
 dài qì wài lì zuò yòng atmospheric forcing
 niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
 dā shòu to sell an item only as part of a bundle (thereby forcing consumers to buy goods they do not want) / to sell on a tie-in basis
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