触景生情 — Chinese idiom
触景生情
chù jǐng shēng qíng
Traditional: 觸景生情
Meaning
- scene which recalls past memories
- evocative of the past
- reminiscent
- to arouse deep feelings
Character by character
- 触chùto butt, to gore, to ram; to touch
- 景jǐngscenery, view; conditions, circumstances
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 情qíngemotion, feeling, sentiment
Idioms sharing a character
- 触景伤情 chù jǐng shāng qíng
- 触目伤心 chù mù shāng xīn
- 触目惊心 chù mù jīng xīn
- 触斗蛮争 chù dòu mán zhēng
- 好景不长 hǎo jǐng bù cháng
- 残年短景 cán nián duǎn jǐng
- 良宵美景 liáng xiāo měi jǐng
- 良辰美景 liáng chén měi jǐng
- 一生一世 yī shēng yī shì
- 一线生机 yī xiàn shēng jī
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