纏綿悱惻 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 缠绵悱恻 chánmiánfěicè ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟˇ ㄘㄜˋ sad beyond words (idiom) of a person poignant of music, literature etc very sentimental Character by character 纏(chán)wind around 綿(mián)silk floss 悱(fěi)want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to 惻(cè)sorrowful A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0