缠绵
chán mián
Pinyin

Definition

缠绵
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chán mián
  1. touching (emotions)
  2. lingering (illness)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

海绵
hǎi mián
  1. 1 sponge (zoology)
  2. 2 sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc)
  3. 3 foam rubber
纠缠
jiū chán
  1. 1 to be in a tangle
  2. 2 to nag
绵绵
mián mián
  1. 1 continuous
  2. 2 uninterrupted
绵羊
mián yáng
  1. 1 sheep
缠
chán
  1. 1 to wind around
  2. 2 to wrap round
  3. 3 to coil
  4. 4 tangle
  5. 5 to involve
  6. 6 to bother
  7. 7 to annoy
缠绵
chán mián
  1. 1 touching (emotions)
  2. 2 lingering (illness)
缠绕
chán rào
  1. 1 twisting
  2. 2 to twine
  3. 3 to wind
  4. 4 to pester
  5. 5 to bother
延绵
yán mián
  1. 1 to extend continuously
死缠烂打
sǐ chán làn dǎ
  1. 1 (coll.) to pester
  2. 2 to harass
纠缠不清
jiū chán bù qīng
  1. 1 hopelessly muddled
  2. 2 impossible to unravel
绵延
mián yán
  1. 1 continuous (esp. of mountain ranges)
  2. 2 to stretch long and unbroken
  3. 3 a continuous link
  4. 4 sostenuto (sustained, in music)
绵长
mián cháng
  1. 1 long and continuous (coastline, sound etc)
  2. 2 extensive
  3. 3 prolonged
绵阳
Mián yáng
  1. 1 Mianyang prefecture level city in Sichuan
缠身
chán shēn
  1. 1 (of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb
  2. 2 to preoccupy sb
  3. 3 difficult to get rid of
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded
蛮缠
mán chán
  1. 1 to pester
  2. 2 to bother endlessly
软绵绵
ruǎn mián mián
  1. 1 soft
  2. 2 velvety
  3. 3 flabby
  4. 4 weak
  5. 5 schmaltzy
连绵
lián mián
  1. 1 continuous
  2. 2 unbroken
  3. 3 uninterrupted
  4. 4 extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
难缠
nán chán
  1. 1 (usu. of people) difficult
  2. 2 demanding
  3. 3 troublesome
  4. 4 unreasonable
  5. 5 hard to deal with
交缠
jiāo chán
  1. 1 to intertwine
  2. 2 to intermingle

Idioms (5)

绵里藏针
mián lǐ cáng zhēn
  1. 1 lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance
  3. 3 a wolf in sheep's clothing
  4. 4 an iron fist in a velvet glove
缠夹不清
chán jiā bù qīng
  1. 1 to muddle things together (idiom)
  2. 2 to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk
缠绵悱恻
chán mián fěi cè
  1. 1 (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom)
  2. 2 (of music, literature etc) poignant
  3. 3 very sentimental
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
  1. 1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
  2. 2 an annoying troublemaker
腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
  2. 2 extremely wealthy
  3. 3 loaded

Sample Sentences

梦缠绵，情悠远。
mèng chánmián ，qíng yōuyuǎn 。
This dream lingers on; feelings from long ago
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