# 压倒 (yādǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 压倒 (yādǎo) means “to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
- Pinyin: yādǎo (ya1 dao3)
- Traditional: 壓倒
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们队以压倒性的优势赢得了比赛。
  Wǒmen duì yǐ yādǎo xìng de yōushì yíngdé le bǐsài.
  Our team won the match by an overwhelming margin.

## Characters

- [压](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-press/) (yā): to press; to push down
- [倒](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-actually-however/) (dào): (adv.) actually, however; to pour

https://hanziro.com/word/ya-dao-overwhelm/

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