阴魂不散 — Chinese idiom
阴魂不散
yīn hún bù sàn
Traditional: 陰魂不散
Meaning
- lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed
- fig. the influence still lingers on
- the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
Character by character
- 阴yīnthe female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implic
- 魂húnsoul, spirit
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 散sànto scatter, to disperse, to break up
Idioms sharing a character
- 光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn
- 光阴荏苒 guāng yīn rěn rǎn
- 阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò
- 阴虚火旺 yīn xū huǒ wàng
- 阴谋诡计 yīn móu guǐ jì
- 阳奉阴违 yáng fèng yīn wéi
- 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
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