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销魂

xiāo hún

2-character word Traditional 銷魂

What 销魂 means

1. ecstasy
2. rapture
3. to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow

The characters in 销魂

• 销xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)

Words containing 销魂

• 黯然销魂àn rán xiāo húnoverwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting

Sounds the same

Read xiāo hún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 消魂overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc); to feel transported