恋恋不舍 liànliàn-bùshě reluctant to part
How to remember 恋恋不舍: 恋 love + 不 not + 舍 house = reluctant to part.
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How it is used
- Idiom for being reluctant to leave someone or something you're attached to - 他恋恋不舍地离开了家乡 (tā liànliàn-bùshě de líkāile jiāxiāng) he left his hometown with great reluctance.
- Used adverbially with 地 before a verb of parting/leaving.
- Near-synonym 依依不舍 (yīyī-bùshě) is very close; both describe clinging at a goodbye, 依依 slightly warmer/tenderer.