眷恋 (juàn liàn) — to be sentimentally attached to (a person or place); to feel nostalgia for
Definition
Literary verb meaning to feel a deep, lingering emotional attachment — to a person, place, or past. It implies longing and nostalgia, stronger and more poetic than everyday words like 想念 or 留恋.
to be sentimentally attached to (a person or place)to feel nostalgia for
Examples
- 眷恋。Tā duì gù xiāng yì zhí juàn liàn.He has always been sentimentally attached to his hometown.
- 眷恋。Zhè wèi lǎo rén juàn liàn zhe guò qù de suì yuè.This elderly person is nostalgically attached to the past years.
- 眷恋。Wǒ yǒng yuǎn juàn liàn hé nǐ yì qǐ dù guò de shí guāng.I will forever cherish the time spent with you.
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