阴魂不散
Traditional form:
陰魂不散
Pinyin (reading):
yīnhúnbùsàn
Definitions:
- lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)
- fig. the influence still lingers on
- the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
Characters:
- 阴 - the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret
- 魂 - soul, spirit
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 散 - to scatter, to disperse, to break up
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