粵

難naan4捨se2難naan4離lei4

simp难舍难离
naan4 se2 naan4 lei4nán shě nán lí

English

  1. loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
  2. describes a deep emotional attachment to a person or thing, making it difficult to part ways or forget

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容情感上同某人或件某事物有深厚嘅感情,難以分別或忘懷

Examples

  • 佢同舊情人一直難捨難離,估唔到三十年之後終於結婚成為夫妻。

    He and his ex-lover constantly grappled with the difficulty of parting ways. Unexpectedly, after thirty years, they finally got married and became a couple.

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

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