每逢佳节倍思亲

Traditional form:

每逢佳節倍思親

Pinyin (reading):

měiféngjiājiébèisīqīn

Definitions:

• doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維／王维 ( Wáng Wéi))

Characters:

• 每 - each, every
• 逢 - to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
• 佳 - good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful
• 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
• 倍 - to double; to increase or multiply
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 亲 - relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree

Traditional characters:

• 每 - each, every
• 逢 - to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
• 佳 - good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful
• 節 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
• 倍 - to double; to increase or multiply
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 親 - relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree