lau4 lyun2留戀留恋
Jyutpinglau4 lyun2
Yalelàuh lyún
Definition
To feel deep attachment to a person or place, being reluctant to leave or let go.
neutralemotionpeople
How it's used
Focuses on the emotional attachment that makes it difficult to move on from a person, place, or past experience. It carries a sense of lingering sentimentality or reluctance to sever ties, often used when someone is stuck in the past or holding onto a relationship that has already ended.
Examples
There is nothing here worth you staying for, leave quickly.
Are you still unwilling to let go of him, which is why you refuse to break up?
Related words
Common phrases
to be attached to the past
nothing worth staying for
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 留低, which simply means to leave something behind or to stay in a location. 留戀 is specifically about the emotional state of being unable to let go, whereas 留低 is a neutral action.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
