1 old variant of 深[shēn]

1 variant: 念 niàn

2 to read aloud

1 to think of

2 to long for

3 to miss

1 to miss

2 to remember with longing

3 to long to see again

1 to cherish the memory of

2 to think of

3 reminisce

1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget

1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life

1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task

3 to study diligently

1 in the dead of night (idiom)