魂牵梦萦 hún qiān mèng yíng longing

Explanation

形容非常想念。

describes an intense longing for something or someone.

Origin Story

王昭君远嫁匈奴，与家人朋友相隔千里，日夜思念家乡，常常魂牵梦萦，难以入眠。她梦里常常回到家乡的树林，闻到熟悉的泥土气息，听到亲人的呼唤。醒来后，这种思念更加强烈。后来，她写下了许多诗词，表达自己对家乡的思念之情，其中一首诗写道：‘秋风瑟瑟，落叶纷纷，我魂牵梦萦，何时才能再回到故乡？’这段经历被后人传为佳话，人们常常用“魂牵梦萦”来形容对家乡或亲人的思念之情。

wáng zhāojūn yuǎn jià xiōng nú, yǔ jiārén péngyǒu xiāng gé qiānlǐ, rì yè sīniàn jiāxiāng, chángcháng hún qiān mèng yíng, nán yǐ rù mián. tā mèng lǐ chángcháng huí dào jiāxiāng de shùlín, wén dào xǔnshí de ní tǔ qìxī, tīng dào qìnrén de hūhuàn. xǐng lái hòu, zhè zhǒng sīniàn gèngjiā qiángliè. hòulái, tā xiě xià le xǔduō shīcí, biǎodá zìjǐ duì jiāxiāng de sīniàn zhī qíng, qízhōng yī shǒu shī xiě dào: ‘qiūfēng sè sè, luòyè fēnfēn, wǒ hún qiān mèng yíng, héshí cáinéng zàihúi dào gùxiāng? ’ zhè duàn jīnglì bèi hòurén chuán wèi jiāhuà, rénmen chángcháng yòng “hún qiān mèng yíng” lái xiáoróng duì jiāxiāng huò qìnrén de sīniàn zhī qíng.

Wang Zhaojun married far away to the Xiongnu Dynasty and was thousands of miles away from her family and friends. Night after night she longed for her hometown and was often filled with longing so that she could not sleep. She often dreamed of returning to the home forest, smelling the familiar smell of the earth, and hearing the calls of her loved ones. After waking up, this longing was even stronger. Later, she wrote many poems to express her love and longing for her hometown. In one of her poems, it says: 'The autumn wind rustles, the leaves fall, I am filled with longing, when can I ever return to my hometown?' This story was passed down by later generations, and people often use the expression '魂牵梦萦' to express their longing for their hometown or loved ones.

Usage

作谓语、状语；指十分思念。

zuò wèiyǔ、zhuàngyǔ；zhǐ shífēn sīniàn

Used as a predicate or adverbial; describes an intense longing.

Examples

• 她对家乡的思念，真是魂牵梦萦。

  tā duì jiāxiāng de sīniàn, zhēnshi hún qiān mèng yíng

  Her longing for her hometown is truly heartbreaking.

• 每当夜深人静的时候，我就魂牵梦萦地想起他。

  měi dāng yèshen rénjìng de shíhòu, wǒ jiù hún qiān mèng yíng de xiǎng qǐ tā

  Whenever the night is deep, I think longingly of him.

Related Idioms

• 思念

• 想念

Opposite Idioms

• 漠然

• 淡忘