缠绵悱恻
Traditional form:
纏綿悱惻
Pinyin (reading):
chánmiánfěicè
Definitions:
- (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom)
- (of music, literature etc) poignant
- very sentimental
Characters:
- 缠 - to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy
- 绵 - continuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy
- 悱 - overcome with emotion; at a loss for words
- 恻 - anguished; sympathetic
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