thinking of absent friends or relatives

thinking of absent friends or relatives

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t í ngy ú NLU ò Yu è, which means to express the memory of relatives and friends (used to be used in letters). It comes from the preface to poems by Ting Yun.

The origin of Idioms

Tao Qian's poem preface to stopping clouds in Jin Dynasty: "stopping clouds means thinking about relatives and friends."

Idiom usage

As a predicate; often used in letters. example the poem "dream of Li Bai" by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty: "the moon falls on the roof beam, hesitation shines on the color."