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小别胜新婚

xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn

5-character word Traditional 小別勝新婚

What 小别胜新婚 means

1. reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
2. absence makes the heart grow fonder

The characters in 小别胜新婚

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry

Example sentences

• 小别胜新婚，久别情更深。
  Xiǎobiéshèngxīnhūn, jiǔbié qíng gēngshēn.
  Absence makes the heart grow fonder.