每逢佳节倍思亲

Traditional (Taiwan): 每逢佳節倍思親

měiféngjiājiébèisīqīn ㄇㄟˇ ㄈㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄙ ㄑㄧㄣ

    • doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王维 wángwéi)

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Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use

Literally
at every festival, one misses family twice as much
Meaning
On holidays, people far from home miss their family more. A well-known line from a Tang poem by Wang Wei.

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