缠绵悱恻 — Chinese idiom
缠绵悱恻
chán mián fěi cè
Traditional: 纏綿悱惻
Meaning
- (of a person) sad beyond words
- (of music, literature etc) poignant
- very sentimental
Character by character
- 缠chánto wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to an
- 绵miáncontinuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy
- 悱fěiovercome with emotion; at a loss for words
- 恻cèanguished; sympathetic
Idioms sharing a character
- 缠夹不清 chán jiā bù qīng
- 胡搅蛮缠 hú jiǎo mán chán
- 腰缠万贯 yāo chán wàn guàn
- 绵绵瓜瓞 mián mián guā dié
- 绵里藏针 mián lǐ cáng zhēn
- 连绵不绝 lián mián bù jué
- 不悱不发 bù fěi bù fā
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