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Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「戀戀難舍」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「戀戀難舍」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Originally used to describe extreme admiration that cannot be let go. It is now mostly used to express one’s deep reluctance to leave. Same as “reluctant to leave”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liàn liàn nán shě

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lyun2 lyun2 naan4 se3

With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.