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積鬱

简积郁 · 繁積鬱

Mandarin · pinyin jī yù

(of gloomy thoughts etc) to smolder; to accumulate in one's mind
accumulated anxiety

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积: jī · accumulate, store up, amass
郁: yù · sweet smelling, rich in aroma; (Cant.) to move, hit

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verb

to accumulate in the mind (of worries, resentment, etc.)

noun

negative feelings; pent-up frustrations that have long accumulated in the mind

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