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戀念

简恋念 · 繁戀念

Mandarin · pinyin liàn niàn

to have a sentimental attachment to (a place)
to miss (one's ancestral home etc)
to be nostalgic about

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戀: Look up this written character
念: niàn · think of, recall, study
恋: liàn · love; long for, yearn for; love

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4–4 · lian4 nian4

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lyun2 nim6

Cantonese word readings for 戀念. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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