Huídào kuò bié duōnián de jiāxiāng, tā gǎnkǎiwànqiān.
Returning to the hometown he had been away from for so many years, he was overcome with emotion.
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Describes complex, reflective emotion triggered by a meaningful scene, a reunion, an old photo, a milestone. Not used for momentary joy or anger; the emotion must be layered and mixed.
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万千 (literally 'ten thousand and a thousand') = countless. 感慨 is a sigh of feeling. Put together: countless sighs of feeling welling up at once.
