魂牵梦萦 — Chinese idiom
魂牵梦萦
hún qiān mèng yíng
Traditional: 魂牽夢縈
Meaning
- to miss very much; to yearn for
Character by character
- 魂húnsoul, spirit
- 牵qiānto drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 梦mèngdream
- 萦yíngto coil, to entangle, to entwine
Idioms sharing a character
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 丧魂失魄 sàng hún shī pò
- 丧魂落魄 sàng hún luò pò
- 失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò
- 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
- 扬幡招魂 yáng fān zhāo hún
- 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
- 阴魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn
- 魂不守舍 hún bù shǒu shè
- 魂不附体 hún bù fù tǐ
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