mutual longing; lovesickness
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to long for each other; mutual yearning (especially between separated lovers)
Often used in romantic contexts to describe the emotional pain of separation between lovers who cannot be together. Can also form compound words like 相思病 (lovesickness).
Tā他
men们
liǎng两
dì地
xiāng相
sī思
，
yǐ已
jīng经
sān三
nián年
le了
。
They have been longing for each other from two different places for three years now.
Tā她
dé得
le了
xiāng相
sī思
bìng病
，
zhěng整
tiān天
hún魂
bù不
shǒu守
shè舍
。
She is suffering from lovesickness, moping around all day in a daze.
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Zhè这
shì是
yī一
shǒu首
miáo描
xiě写
xiāng相
sī思
zhī之
kǔ苦
de的
shī诗
。
This is a poem describing the pain of longing.
Hóng红
dòu豆
shēng生
nán南
guó国
，
chūn春
lái来
fā发
jī几
zhī枝
。
Yuàn愿
jūn君
duō多
cái采
xié撷
，
cǐ此
wù物
zuì最
xiāng相
sī思
。
Red beans grow in the southern land; how many branches sprout in spring? I hope you gather plenty of them, for this object best symbolizes longing.