意味深长

意味深長

yìwèi-shēncháng

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Meanings

他说了一句意味深长的话，让我思考了很久。

Tā shuō le yī jù yìwèishēncháng dehuà, ràngwǒ sīkǎo le hěn jiǔ.

He said something deeply meaningful that made me think for a long time.

老师意味深长地看了他一眼。

Lǎoshī yìwèishēncháng de kàn le tā yīyǎn.

The teacher gave him a long, meaningful look.

memory

意味 means meaning/implication, 深 means deep, 长 means long — a meaning so deep it stretches long, like a well with no visible bottom.

意 yì

味 wèi

深 shēn

长 cháng