He was forced to work overtime.
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迫
Traditional: 廹
pò
pò · bik1 (Jyutping)
- variant of 迫[po4]
- to persecute
- to oppress
- embarrassed
- to force
- to compel
- to approach or go towards
- urgent
- pressing
pǎi
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Character breakdown
迫
- Meaning
- coerce, force, compel; urgent
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿺辶白
- Cangjie
- YHA
- Four-corner
- 3630.0
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Example sentences
They were persecuted.
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