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抑 yì

to curb, to hinder; to keep down, to repress

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
扌
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 扌卬 ⿰扌卬

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  1. 他心里一直压抑着愤怒。
    Tā xīnlǐ yìzhí yāyì zhe fènnù.
    He has been suppressing his anger in his heart.
    he heart-inside always suppress-continuous anger
  2. 你是不是把情绪压抑得太久了？
    Nǐ shì bu shì bǎ qíngxù yāyì de tài jiǔ le?
    Have you been suppressing your emotions for too long?
    you is not-is (particle) emotion suppress (particle) too long (particle) (question)
  3. 不要总是压抑自己的感受，学会表达出来。
    Bú yào zǒngshì yāyì zìjǐ de gǎnshòu, xuéhuì biǎodá chūlái.
    Don't always suppress your feelings, learn to express them.
    not want always suppress own (particle) feeling, learn express out-come
  4. 他并没有压抑自己的情绪，而是直接说了出来。
    Tā bìng méiyǒu yāyì zìjǐ de qíngxù, érshì zhíjiē shuō le chūlái.
    He didn't suppress his emotions at all, he said them out directly.
    he at-all not-have suppress own (particle) emotion, instead-is directly say (particle) out-come
  5. 那段艰难的日子里，他一直压抑着内心的痛苦。
    Nà duàn jiānnán de rìzi lǐ, tā yìzhí yāyì zhe nèixīn de tòngkǔ.
    During that difficult period, he had been suppressing the pain in his heart.
    that (measure) difficult (particle) days-inside, he always suppress-continuous inner-heart (particle) pain

Words with 抑 (2)