耿耿于怀
gěng​gěng​yú​huái

to take to heart

  • created sense approved 耿耿于怀/耿耿於懷 · gěng​gěng​yú​huái · to take to heart — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耿耿于怀 / 耿耿於懷

    gěng​gěng​yú​huái

    to take to heart

    to be deeply concerned or resentful about something; to brood over an old grievance or worry so that one cannot let it go

    耿耿 (reduplication) → 耿 · gěng · troubled 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · in 怀 (literal) → 怀/懷 · huái · to cherish

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

    created sense