路上行人欲断魂

路上行人欲斷魂
lù shàng xíngrén yù duàn hún
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 travelers on the road feel their souls breaking
  2. 2 conveys deep sorrow during the Qingming Festival
  3. 3 line from Du Mu's poem 'Qingming'

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qīngmíng shíjié yǔ fēnfēn, lù shàng xíngrén yù duàn hún.
The Qingming rains fall thick and fast; travelers on the road feel their souls breaking.
HSK 7-9
Xiǎngqǐ sǎomù de qíngjǐng, tā bùjīn xiǎngqǐ le " lù shàng xíngrén yù duàn hún ".
Thinking of tomb-sweeping, he couldn't help recalling 'travelers on the road feel their souls breaking.'

Tips

history
From the Tang poet Du Mu's 《清明》: 清明时节雨纷纷,路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有?牧童遥指杏花村。 This is the most famous of all Qingming-festival poems.
usage
Every year around the Qingming Festival (April 4-6) the media and social platforms almost invariably quote this line. 断魂 describes grief taken to its extreme.

Stroke Order

shàng
xíng
rén
duàn
hún