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触景生情

chù jǐng shēng qíng

4-character word Traditional 觸景生情

What 触景生情 means

1. scene which recalls past memories (idiom)
2. evocative of the past
3. reminiscent
4. to arouse deep feelings

The characters in 触景生情

• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 景jǐng(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition