依依不舍

• Pinyin: yī yī bù shě
• Desglose de hanzi: 依 = 亻 + 衣 (person + clothing — leaning close, suggesting attachment); 依依 = reduplication intensifying the sense of tender clinging; 不 = negation; 舍 = 人 + 舍 (simplified 捨 — hand releasing something — to give up/let go)

Significado

Apenado por separarse; no querer despedirse; resistirse a partir.

A four-character idiom (成语) describing emotional reluctance at parting. Used for farewells at graduation, retirement, migration, or long-term separation from loved ones or familiar places. More literary and emotionally nuanced than simply 舍不得. Often combined with 告别、送别、离别.

Ejemplos

1. 毕业典礼结束后，同学们三三两两地聚在校园里拍照留念，每个人脸上都流露出依依不舍的神情。
2. 他在这座城市生活了整整二十年，离开那天站在门口回望空荡荡的房间，心中充满了依依不舍之情。
3. 年迈的村民望着即将进城务工的儿子，拉着他的手依依不舍，直到汽车转过山坳才收回目光。

Guía de uso

Contexto: farewell, literature, emotions, social occasions

Tono: sentimental

Correcto

• 支教团队在山村小学服务了整整一年，离别当日孩子们依依不舍地追送到村口，泪水与欢笑交织，令在场所有人动容。(The teaching volunteer team served at the mountain village primary school for a full year; on the day of departure, the children reluctantly chased after them to the village entrance, their tears and laughter intertwined, moving everyone present.)
• 退休仪式上，这位工作了三十八年的老工程师依依不舍地抚摸着他亲手参与设计的机器，久久不愿离去。(At the retirement ceremony, the veteran engineer who had worked for thirty-eight years lingered reluctantly beside the machine he had helped design with his own hands, unwilling to leave for a long time.)

Incorrecto

• 我依依不舍那部手机 — this idiom applies to people or places that hold deep emotional significance; using it for ordinary objects like a phone sounds comically overstated; use 舍不得 instead for everyday reluctance

Origen e historia

依依 (clinging tenderly, lingering — originally describing the soft swaying of willow branches, extended to emotional attachment) + 不舍 (not willing to let go/part with)

Contexto cultural

Época: Classical/Modern

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal