难舍难离
nán shě nán lí
Pinyin

Definition

难舍难离
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nán shě nán lí
  1. loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

kùn nan
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 straitened circumstances
  4. 4 difficult situation
shě
  1. 1 to give up
  2. 2 to abandon
  3. 3 to give alms
jù lí
  1. 1 distance
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 to be apart from
  1. 1 surname Li
lí kāi
  1. 1 to depart
  2. 2 to leave
nán
  1. 1 difficult (to...)
  2. 2 problem
  3. 3 difficulty
  4. 4 difficult
  5. 5 not good
nán yǐ
  1. 1 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
nán shòu
  1. 1 to feel unwell
  2. 2 to suffer pain
  3. 3 to be difficult to bear
nán dé
  1. 1 seldom
  2. 2 rare
  3. 3 hard to come by
nán guò
  1. 1 to feel sad
  2. 2 to feel unwell
  3. 3 (of life) to be difficult
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
bù shě
  1. 1 reluctant to part with (sth or sb)
  2. 2 unwilling to let go of
yī yī bù shě
  1. 1 reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
piān lí
  1. 1 to deviate
  2. 2 to diverge
  3. 3 to wander
fēn lí
  1. 1 to separate
bié lí
  1. 1 to take leave of
  2. 2 to leave
  3. 3 separation
gē shě
  1. 1 to give up
  2. 2 to part with
jié nàn
  1. 1 calamity
qǔ shě
  1. 1 to choose
  2. 2 to accept or reject
xíng yǐng bù lí
  1. 1 inseparable (as form and shadow)

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不离不弃
bù lí bù qì
  1. 1 to stand by (sb) (idiom)
  2. 2 steadfast loyalty
世上无难事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
依依不舍
yī yī bù shě
  1. 1 reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
分崩离析
fēn bēng lí xī
  1. 1 to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up
  2. 2 falling to pieces
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
  1. 1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth reluctantly
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. 1 extremely rare (idiom)
  2. 2 once in a blue moon
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
可共患难
kě gòng huàn nàn
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
在家千日好,出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在所难免
zài suǒ nán miǎn
  1. 1 to be unavoidable (idiom)

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