魂牵梦萦 (hún qiān mèng yíng) — to miss very much; to yearn for (idiom)

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• 故乡的山水一直让他魂牵梦萦。
  Gù xiāng de shān shuǐ yì zhí ràng tā hún qiān mèng yíng.
  The landscapes of his hometown have always haunted his dreams.
• 那首老歌让我魂牵梦萦，仿佛回到了童年。
  Nà shǒu lǎo gē ràng wǒ hún qiān mèng yíng, fǎng fú huí dào le tóng nián.
  That old song fills me with yearning, as if I've returned to my childhood.
• 她是他魂牵梦萦的那个人，却始终无法相见。
  Tā shì tā hún qiān mèng yíng de nà ge rén, què shǐ zhōng wú fǎ xiāng jiàn.
  She is the one he longs for day and night, yet they can never meet.