抑郁

yì yù · HSK 7

depression

🌧️ 抑 suppress + 郁 gloomy = a suppressed, gloomy mood = depression

抑 means to press down or restrain; 郁 means dense, pent-up gloom. Put them together and you get feelings pressed down and bottled up — the heavy, low state of depression.

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