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每逢佳节倍思亲

měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn

7-character word Traditional 每逢佳節倍思親

What 每逢佳节倍思亲 means

1. doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei {王维|Wáng Wéi})

The characters in 每逢佳节倍思亲

• 每měieach; every
• 逢féngto meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along
• 佳jiābeautiful; fine; good
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 思sīto think; to consider
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative