bóp chẹt
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Meaning
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To bóp chẹt means to repress or hinder someone's activities, particularly in a business or economic context.
vi Các quy định mới đang bóp chẹt doanh nghiệp nhỏ.
en New regulations are repressing small businesses.
This term also means to squeeze or crush something tightly, or to strangle someone using physical force.
vi Anh ta bị bóp chẹt đến mức nghẹt thở.
en He was squeezed so tightly that he could not breathe.