离情别绪 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• sad feeling at separation

Character by character

• 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
• 情qíngemotion, feeling, sentiment
• 别biéto separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave
• 绪xùmental state; thread, clue

Idioms sharing a character

• 不离不弃 bù lí bù qì
• 分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī
• 妻离子散 qī lí zǐ sàn
• 寸步不离 cùn bù bù lí
• 挑拨离间 tiǎo bō lí jiàn
• 支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì
• 流离失所 liú lí shī suǒ
• 流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi
• 众叛亲离 zhòng pàn qīn lí
• 背井离乡 bèi jǐng lí xiāng

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