to restrain; to control; to suppress; to keep down; to hold back

to constrain or repress one's thoughts, feelings, or desires; the act of inhibiting or subduing something

depressed; despondent; gloomy; describes feeling troubled or heavyhearted due to unresolved frustration or sorrow

inhibition; repression; the process of holding back or slowing down an action or a biological process

(literary) or; or else; used to connect words or phrases in a choice, similar to [[或者|或者|huo4 zhe3]] or [[还是|還是|hai2 shi5]]

clinical depression; depressive disorder

inhibitor; suppressant; negative catalyst; depressor

to suppress or bring under control in order to achieve stability; to flatten or even out (e.g. prices)

to restrain; to suppress; to check or control something so as to make it stop

a protein that inhibits cell proliferation, maintaining the population of a specific cell type

The rise and fall of the voice or a melody; describes sounds that are rhythmic and full of variation with clear pauses and transitions.

to disparage, demean, or give a negative evaluation of someone or something

The rise and fall of the voice in speaking or music; modulation of pitch or cadence.

to impede; to check; to inhibit; to neutralize

to constrain, inhibit, or hold back; to depress

to suppress, restrain, or keep down; to hold back

Feeling gloomy and having little joy; used to describe a state of being heavy-hearted or despondent

To restrain those in power while supporting those who are vulnerable

feeling gloomy and weighed down by accumulated bitterness or sorrow

To support the weak and vulnerable while checking or suppressing the powerful; (idiom) to help the poor and restrain the rich.

to curb, repress, or restrain; to keep under control

low-spirited; gloomy or heavy in heart

to feel disgruntled and full of grievances; in a state of depressed resentment or dissatisfaction

Promote what is fundamental and suppress what is incidental; historically, this referred to prioritizing agriculture and restricting commerce

rising and falling of rhythm or tone in music, speech, or literary works, creating a harmonious and rhythmic effect

(electronics) the ratio used to measure the ability of a device to reject common-mode signals

An unrighted wrong or an injustice that has not been cleared up

To use pressure or authority to force a seller to lower prices

misogyny; hatred or devaluation of women

Literary word for feelings of sorrow or anger being pent up and stifled; also written as [[愊忆|愊憶|bi4 yi4]], [[愊億|愊億|bi4 yi4]], or [[愊臆|愊臆|bi4 yi4]]

a foot in poetry consisting of a long or stressed syllable followed by a short or unstressed one; trochaic meter

(literary) furthermore; in addition; also

to keep prices down or to reduce prices through control or intervention

A molecule that binds to an enzyme and decreases its activity

to repress and restrain one's feelings, such as anger

(literary) to repress or obstruct; to block or give no chance to someone

(variant form) to restrain the powerful and assist the downtrodden

the metrical foot known as an iamb; iambic meter

Careful, dignified, and composed in manner or appearance.

a metrical foot used in classical poetry consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable

(literary) to be modest or humble; to show humility in one's attitude or conduct

to massage and scratch itches

a drug used to treat clinical depression

to push someone aside and suppress them; to keep someone down or out through exclusion

dislike, contempt, or ingrained prejudice against men

to laugh uncontrollably; to be unable to stop laughing

to restrain or control one's emotions or impulses; to exercise self-control

(literary) to reduce and repress; to restrain

modest and self-effacing; to practice humility and yield to others