scene which recalls past memories (idiom); evocative of the past; reminiscent; to arouse deep feelings
trad. 觸景生情
Also written 觸景生情【chù jǐng shēng qíng】
Characters in this word
4触
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to touch, to make contact with sth, to stir up sb's emotions
- Pinyin
- chù
- Traditional
- 觸
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 24959 of 2500
景
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surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jǐng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 34487 of 2500
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
情
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(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion, (bound form) situation; condition
- Pinyin
- qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3311 of 2500