粵

留lau4戀lyun2

simp留恋
lau4 lyun2liú liàn

English

  1. reluctant to leave
  2. to hate to have to go
  3. to recall fondly
  4. to be unwilling to leave a place or a person
  5. to keep thinking of sby or some places in memory

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對某人/嘢嘅感情深,唔願意離開佢
  2. 成日會懷緬嘅美好回憶

Examples

  • 你一定要活在當下,不能總是留戀過去。

    You must live in the present, not in the past.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 一直留戀嘅日本留學生活

    to reminiscent of the good old days as an exchange student in Japan

  • 呢個人唔值得你留戀,你走喇!

    This person doesn't deserve your affection, you should leave him/her. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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