留恋 (liú liàn): reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7verb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

reluctant to leave
to hate to have to go
to recall fondly

Chinese explanation

舍不得离开或放弃某人、某地、某段时光，心里充满不舍和怀念。常用来表达对过去美好经历、熟悉环境或亲近之人的深深依恋，不想与之分开。

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Character breakdown

HSK 4

to leave (a message etc)

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Example sentences

On graduation day, she stood at the school gate and looked back for a long time, her heart full of reluctance to leave the campus.

The children played on the beach all day; when it was time to go home in the evening, they were all reluctant to leave and refused to go.

Although he had only lived here for two years, he was very reluctant to leave this small city and kept looking back as he departed.

The old man had lived in his hometown all his life; after moving to the city, he still missed the tranquility of the countryside and the smiling faces of his neighbors.

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