忧郁症 (憂鬱症)
yōu yù zhèng
Pinyin

Definition

忧郁症 (憂鬱症)
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yōu yù zhèng
  1. (psychology) depression

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

强迫症
qiǎng pò zhèng
  1. 1 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
后遗症
hòu yí zhèng
  1. 1 (medicine) sequelae
  2. 2 residual effects
  3. 3 (fig.) repercussions
  4. 4 aftermath
恐惧症
kǒng jù zhèng
  1. 1 phobia
抑郁症
yì yù zhèng
  1. 1 clinical depression
症状
zhèng zhuàng
  1. 1 symptom (of an illness)

Idioms (2)

对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps

Sample Sentences

这种利用言语制造舆论压力来伤害别人的风气实在非常糟糕，也许只是无心的一句话，却可能让人得忧郁症，甚至走上绝路。
zhèzhǒng lìyòng yányǔ zhìzào yúlùn yālì lái shānghài biérén de fēngqì shízài fēicháng zāogāo ，yěxǔ zhǐshì wúxīn de yíjùhuà ，què kěnéng ràngrén dé yōuyùzhèng ，shènzhì zǒushàngjuélù 。
Using language like this to create public pressure on someone in order to hurt them is awful. Just one off the cuff comment can result in someone getting depressed, or even committing suicide.
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