Learn Chinese phrases – learn Mandarin – How to say “Egyptian military cracked down on the protesters” in Chinese: 埃及军方强力镇压示威抗议者. Ai1 ji2 jun1 fang1 qiang2 li4 zhen4 ya1 shi4 wei1kang4 yi3 zhe5. Ai1 ji2 (埃及proper noun, Egypt) jun1 fang1 (军方 noun, military; jun1 means military, fang1 means party) qiang2 li4 （强力 powerfully, originally means strong strength, here used as an adverb to modify the verb phrase that follows) 镇压 zhen4 ya1 (verb, suppress, crack down or put down) 示威抗议者 shi4 wei1 kang4 yi4 zhe5（the protesters; 示威 shii4 wei1, originally means to demonstrate -as a protest-, 抗议 kang4 yi4, to protest, 者 zhe5, noun, the people. 示威抗议 functions as an adjective to describe the noun — people — those people who protest) . Some phrases to learn about the military cracking down: 血腥 （xue3 xing1， bloody）, 暴动 （bao4 dong4 insurrection or rebellion） and 专政 （zhuan1 zheng4， dictatorship）.
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