| 压而不服 |
yā ér bù fú |
coercion will never convince (idiom) |
| 压 |
yā |
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure |
| 压 |
yà |
used in 压根儿 / used in 压马路 / used in 压板 |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不服 |
bù fú |
not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to |
| 服 |
fú |
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes |
| 服 |
fù |
classifier for medicine: dose / Taiwan pr. [fu2] |