กดดิน(gòt din)

Meanings

1VerbB1

[to] compact soil; tamp down soil

to press or pack soil down to make it firm and dense; to tamp soil

2VerbB2

[to] push/press someone down; suppress; oppress

to keep [sb] down or hold back their progress, socially, economically, or politically; to suppress or oppress

Examples

He says an unfair system is keeping the poor down and preventing them from improving their lives.