àn rán xiāo hún

Traditional: 黯然銷魂

黯然销魂 (àn rán xiāo hún) is a Chinese word meaning “overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting”.

Meanings

  1. 1overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting

Characters in 黯然销魂

黯àn · (bound form) dark; dull (color); dim; gloomy然rán · correct销xiāo · to melt (metal)魂hún · soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)

Related words

然后then; after that; afterwards当然only natural虽然although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)突然sudden; abrupt; unexpected显然clearly; evidently; obviously仍然still; as before; yet居然unexpectedly既然since; as; this being the case不然not so灵魂soul自然nature竟然unexpectedly

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