空气阻力

空氣阻力

kōngqìzǔlì

noun

Meanings

Jiàngluòsǎn lìyòng kōngqìzǔlì jiǎn màn xiàjiàng sùdù.

A parachute uses air resistance to slow the rate of descent.

Gāosù xíngshǐ shí kōngqìzǔlì huì xiǎnzhù zēngdà.

Air resistance increases significantly when driving at high speed.

memory

Reads literally as 空气 'air' + 阻力 'resistive force'. 阻力 alone means 'resistance' in any context — friction, electrical, social, etc.

空 kōng

气 qì

阻 zǔ

力 lì