Chinese word dictionary

莼鲈之思

chún lú zhī sī · (idiom) homesickness

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Word information

Simplified莼鲈之思

Traditional蓴鱸之思

Pinyinchún lú zhī sī

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

莼chún

an edible water plant; Brasenia

鲈lú

perch; sea bass

之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

思sī

to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle

How to learn 莼鲈之思

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

不好意思bùhǎoyìsi

to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)

没意思méiyìsi

boring; of no interest

意思yìsi

idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

有意思yǒuyìsi

interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun

之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it