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榨

zhà
verb HSK 7 #8,439

Meanings

  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to squeeze
  3. 3 to extract (juice, oil)

Examples

她每天早上榨一杯橙汁。
Tā měitiān zǎoshang zhà yī bēi chéngzhī.
She squeezes a glass of orange juice every morning.
这家工厂榨花生油。
Zhè jiā gōngchǎng zhà huāshēng yóu.
This factory presses peanut oil.
老板一直在榨取工人的劳动力。
Lǎobǎn yīzhí zài zhàqǔ gōngrén de láodònglì.
The boss has been exploiting the workers' labor.

Tips

usage
榨 is used literally for pressing juice/oil (榨汁, 榨油) and figuratively for exploitation (榨取, to exploit/squeeze out). 榨汁机 (zhàzhījī) = juicer.
memory
The wood radical 木 on the left hints at the original wooden press used to squeeze oil from seeds.

Stroke Order

榨 zhà