黯然销魂 — Chinese idiom
黯然销魂
àn rán xiāo hún
Traditional: 黯然銷魂
Meaning
- overwhelming sadness ; sorrow at parting
Character by character
- 黯ànblack; dark; sullen, dreary
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 销xiāoto fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
- 魂húnsoul, spirit
Idioms sharing a character
- 黯然神伤 àn rán shén shāng
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
- 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ
- 勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
- 大义凛然 dà yì lǐn rán
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