莼鲈之思

蓴鱸之思
chúnlúzhīsī
(idiom) homesickness

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 莼 chún variant of 莼 chún
=1 莼 chún used in 莼菜 chúncài
2 鲈 lú
  1. common perch
  2. bass
3 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
4 思 sī
  1. to think
  2. to consider

Related entries

思乡病 sīxiāngbìng homesickness
乡情 xiāngqíng homesickness
乡愁 xiāngchóu
  1. homesickness
  2. nostalgia
我不知道乡愁的滋味。

I don't know what it is to be homesick.

I don't know what it's like to be homesick.

Source: Tatoeba

莼羹鲈脍 chúngēnglúkuài
  1. (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown
  2. (idiom) homesickness