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莼鲈之思

chún lú zhī sī

4-character word Traditional 蓴鱸之思

What 莼鲈之思 means

1. idiomhomesickness

The characters in 莼鲈之思

• 莼chúnused in 莼菜
• 鲈lúcommon perch; bass
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 思sīto think; to consider

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