抑塞 yìsè to repress Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 抑 yì nounverb to restrain (bound form) to restrain; to curb; to press down塞 sè verb to block (bound form) to block or obstruct; to be hindered; used in formal compounds and idioms like 茅塞顿开 máosèdùnkāi