不及汪伦送我情

不及汪倫送我情
bùjíWānglúnsòngwǒqíng
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 (even a thousand-foot-deep lake) cannot match Wang Lun's feeling in seeing me off
  2. 2 friendship outweighs even the deepest water — Li Bai's thanks to his host

Examples

Sòngbié shī lǐ zuì gǎnrén de, shì nà jù bù jí Wānglún sòng wǒ qíng.
The most touching line in farewell poems is 'can't match Wang Lun's feeling in seeing me off.'
Xiě míngxìnpiàn gěi hǎoyǒu, wǒ yǐn le jù bù jí Wānglún sòng wǒ qíng.
Writing a postcard to a close friend, I quoted 'can't match Wang Lun's feelings in seeing me off.'

Tips

history
From 李白 Li Bai 《》: 桃花水深不及 — 'Peach Blossom Pool is a thousand feet deep, but can't match Wang Lun's feeling in seeing me off.' Wang Lun was a local admirer who lured Li Bai to visit with a made-up '桃花万家酒店' — which Li Bai forgave with this poem.
usage
here = 'to match, come up to.' Usually quoted with the preceding 桃花水深 to complete the hyperbolic comparison. The poem launched Wang Lun into literary immortality as the archetypal good host.

Stroke Order

wāng
lún
sòng
qíng