"Oppressive" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 压抑 | yā yì | to constrain or repress emotions / oppressive / stifling / depressing / repression |   |
| 沉闷 | chén mèn | oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled | |
| 刻 |  kè | quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals | |
| 吃人 | chī rén | exploitative / oppressive | |
| 残 | cán | to destroy / to spoil / to ruin / to injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / brutal / incomplete / disabled / to remain / to survive / remnant / surplus | |
| 虐 | nu:è | oppressive / tyrannical | |
| 蠲苛 | juān kē | to remove an oppressive law, tax etc | |
| 蠲除苛政 | juān chú kē zhèng | to alleviate oppressive administration (idiom) | |
