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压抑

yā yì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 壓抑

压抑 (yā yì) means "to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 压抑 means

1. to constrain or repress emotions
2. oppressive
3. stifling
4. depressing
5. repression

The characters in 压抑

• 压yāto press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 抑yìto restrain; to restrict; to keep down

Example sentences

• 我无法压抑心中的怒火。
  Wǒ wúfǎ yāyì xīnzhōng de nùhuǒ.
  I couldn't keep my anger down.
• 汤姆没法压抑自己的怒火了。
  Tāngmǔ méifǎ yāyì zìjǐ de nùhuǒ le.
  Tom couldn't hold back his anger.
• 我想，有的时候，能压抑自己的感情，能为对方着想，这就是爱。
  To me, love is being able to restrain one's own feelings and take others into consideration.

Where 压抑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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