抑 yì HSK7 press down Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: restrain All meanings 2 yì 2 or 1restrain 1 1 sentence for 抑 (yì — restrain) 写这篇文章时，他采用了欲扬先抑的手法。 xiě zhè piān wénzhāng shí, tā cǎiyòng le yù yáng xiān yì de shǒufǎ. In writing this article, he used the technique of initial suppression followed by praise. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary