| 压迫 | yā pò | to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics) |   |
| 鱼肉 | yú ròu | flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) | |
| 长夜 | cháng yè | long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression | |
| 助纣为虐 | zhù Zhòu wéi nu:è | lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy | |
| 万马齐喑 | wàn mǎ qí yīn | thousands of horses, all mute (idiom) / no-one dares to speak out / an atmosphere of political oppression | |
| 重见天日 | chóng jiàn tiān rì | to see the light again (idiom) / delivered from oppression | |
| 重睹天日 | chóng dǔ tiān rì | to see the light again (idiom) / delivered from oppression | |
| 长夜难明 | cháng yè nán míng | lit. many nights under a harsh moon / long years of oppression (idiom) | |
