睹物思人 — Chinese idiom
睹物思人
dǔ wù sī rén
Meaning
- to fondly remember a person on seeing sth one associates with them
Character by character
- 睹dǔto look at, to gaze at; to observe
- 物wùthing, substance, matter; creature
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 人rénman, person; people
Idioms sharing a character
- 先睹为快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài
- 惨不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ
- 有目共睹 yǒu mù gòng dǔ
- 有目无睹 yǒu mù wú dǔ
- 熟视无睹 shú shì wú dǔ
- 重睹天日 chóng dǔ tiān rì
- 价廉物美 jià lián wù měi
- 博物洽闻 bó wù qià wén
- 厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù
- 囊中取物 náng zhōng qǔ wù
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