to miss intensely
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to miss intensely; to long for
Often used to express strong feelings of longing or nostalgia for someone or something that is far away or in the past. The '可' adds emphasis to the feeling. Typically appears in negative rhetorical questions ('...那能不想呢？') or in descriptive statements.
Chū出
guó国
duō多
nián年
，
tā他
kě可
xiǎnɡ想
zhe着
jiā家
xiānɡ乡
de的
fàn饭
cài菜
le了
。
Having been abroad for many years, he misses his hometown's food intensely.
Kàn看
zhe着
hái孩
zi子
men们
dōu都
lí离
kāi开
le了
jiā家
，
zuò做
fù父
mǔ母
de的
nà那
néng能
bù不
xiǎnɡ想
ne呢
？
Seeing all the children leave home, how could the parents not miss them intensely?
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Tā他
ná拿
dào到
lù录
qǔ取
tōng通
zhī知
shū书
de的
nà那
yī一
kè刻
，
xīn心
lǐ里
kě可
xiǎnɡ想
le了
hěn很
jiǔ久
de的
wèi未
lái来
。
The moment he received the admission letter, he intensely longed for the future he had imagined for so long.