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    Expressing "lower" or "reduce" with 压低 (yādī)

    Actions & Events
    Degree & Intensity

    Structure

    Subject + 压低 + Object

    Explanation

    The verb 压低 (yādī) means "to lower" or "to push down" and is used when someone or something deliberately reduces a price, level, or standard. It implies active, sometimes forceful reduction. For example, 压低收购价 means "to push down the purchase price." It is common in business and economic contexts.

    Examples

    • 超市为了促销不断压低商品价格。

      chāoshì wèile cùxiāo bùduàn yādī shāngpǐn jiàgé.

      The supermarket keeps driving down product prices to boost sales.

    • 中间商总是想办法压低农产品的收购价。

      zhōngjiānshāng zǒng shì xiǎng bànfǎ yādī nóngchǎnpǐn de shōugòu jià.

      Middlemen always find ways to drive down the purchase price of agricultural products.

    • 她压低声音说了一句悄悄话。

      tā yādī shēngyīn shuō le yī jù qiāoqiaohuà.

      She lowered her voice and whispered something.

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