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挥之不去

huī zhī bù qù

4-character word Traditional 揮之不去

What 挥之不去 means

1. impossible to get rid of

The characters in 挥之不去

• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last

Example sentences

• 那首歌在我脑中挥之不去。
  I can't get that song out of my head.
• 他尖刻的话语仍然在我心中挥之不去。
  Tā jiānkè dehuà yǔ réngrán zài wǒ xīnzhōng huīzhībùqù.
  His bitter words still rankle in my mind.
• 她完全没有出外的心情，因为那种突然失去父亲的痛苦，一直在她的心头挥之不去。
  Tā wánquán méiyǒu chūwài de xīnqíng, yīnwèi nàzhǒng tūrán shīqù fùqīn de tòngkǔ, yīzhí zài tā de xīntóu huīzhībùqù.
  The shock of her father's death lingered on and she didn't feel like going out at all.