chán mián

Traditional: 纏綿

缠绵 (chán mián) is a Chinese word meaning “touching (emotions); lingering (illness)”.

Meanings

  1. 1touching (emotions)
  2. 2lingering (illness)

Characters in 缠绵

缠chán · to wind around绵mián · silk floss

Related words

缠to wind around纠缠to be in a tangle海绵(zoology) sea sponge缠身(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one绵羊sheep缠绕twisting软绵绵soft绵绵continuous胡搅蛮缠(idiom) to pester endlessly连绵continuous腰缠万贯lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money绵延(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken

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