睹物思人
dǔ​wù​sī​rén

seeing something reminds one of a person

  • created reference approved 睹物思人 → 见鞍思马/見鞍思馬 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    睹物思人 dǔ​wù​sī​rén

    见鞍思马 / 見鞍思馬 jiàn'ān​sī​mǎ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 睹物思人 · dǔ​wù​sī​rén · seeing something reminds one of a person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    睹物思人

    dǔ​wù​sī​rén

    seeing something reminds one of a person

    to remember someone fondly or feel a sense of longing when seeing an object associated with them

    睹 (literal) → 睹 · dǔ · to see 物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 思 (literal) → 思 · sī · to miss 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense