反刍思维

反芻思維
fǎnchú sīwéi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 rumination (psychology)
  2. 2 repetitive negative thinking

Examples

HSK 7-9
Fǎnchú sīwéi huì jiāzhòng yìyù zhèngzhuàng.
Rumination worsens depressive symptoms.
HSK 7-9
Tā xiànrù le fǎnchú sīwéi, fǎnfù huíxiǎng nà cì shībài.
She fell into rumination, replaying that failure over and over.

Tips

memory
反刍 literally means 'to chew the cud' - the way cows regurgitate and re-chew food. Rumination as a psychological term borrows the same metaphor in English and Chinese: your mind keeps dragging the same thought back up to chew on.

Stroke Order

fǎn
chú
wéi