lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
trad. 藕斷絲連
Also written 藕斷絲連【ǒu duàn sī lián】
Characters in this word
4藕
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root of lotus
- Pinyin
- ǒu
- Strokes
- 18
断
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to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500
丝
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silk, thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips, classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- Pinyin
- sī
- Traditional
- 絲
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3969 of 2500
连
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surname Lian
- Pinyin
- Lián
- Traditional
- 連
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 563 of 2500