I Miss You in Chinese — Characters, Phrases, Classical Poems, and Quotes for Longing Love

This article brings together a collection of Chinese characters, phrases, idioms, poems, and quotes that beautifully capture the sentiments of yearning and desire for love.

Through these expressions, the emotions of longing and anticipation for a deep romantic connection are elegantly conveyed.

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Chinese Idioms About Longing Love

刻骨相思: Deep lovesick that like engraved in bone.

拳拳在念: Sincere and constant missing.

一日三秋: One day feels as long as three seasons if one cannot see the beloved person.

望穿秋水: Sincere longing for loved ones' return.

念念不忘: Constantly think about someone or something.

月明千里: The moon lightens on earth so widely that even apart people can appreciate the same moonlight, which represents the deep missing of the loved one.

朝思暮想: Miss someone day and night.

Chinese Poems About Longing Love

相见亦无事，别后常思君。Li E (1692 — 1752)

We have nothing special to do or talk about, yet being apart I would miss you nonstop.

相思相见知何日，此时此夜难为情。Li Bai (701 — 762)

Yearning and wondering when we can be together; this moment, this night, the pining is hard to suffer.

相恨不如潮有信，相思始觉海非深。Bai Juyi (772 — 846)

Hate that you are not as credible and regular as the tide, miss you realize the sea is not deep (as how I miss you).

只缘感君一回顾，从此思君朝与暮。A folk song of the Han Dynasty (202 BC — 220 AD)

You glanced back once; I pine day and night since.

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思君令人老，岁月忽已晚。Poem collections of the Han Dynasty (202 BC — 220 AD)

Pining for you haggard me; suddenly another year passed away.

不信比来长下泪，开箱验取石榴裙。Empress Wu Zetian (624 — 705)

If don't believe my tears of pining for you, open my suitcases and let (tear stains of) the old dresses tell.

玲珑骰子安红豆，入骨相思知不知。Wen Tingyun (about 812 — 866)

Red beans inlay in the dice, is my deep longing carved in bones.

我有所念人，隔在远远乡。Bai Juyi (772 — 846)

I have someone in my heart, being separated far apart.

平生不会相思，才会相思，便害相思。Xu Zaisi (about 1280 — 1330)

In the past I didn't know about lovesick; the moment I understood, I suffered deeply without end.

一日不见，如三秋兮。The Classic of Poetry, or The Book of Songs, or Shijing, compiled by Confucius (551 BC — 479 BC).

One day I do not see you; it feels as long as three seasons.

似此星辰非昨夜，为谁风露立中宵。Huang Jingren (1749 — 1783)

Today's stars are no longer yesterday's sight; for whom did I stand amid wind and dew till midnight.

晓看天色暮看云，行也思君，坐也思君。Tang Yin (1470 — 1524)

Seeing the sky at dawn and clouds at dusk, walking I miss you, sitting I miss you.

Monkey Watching the Sea or Houzi Guanhai of Huangshan Mountain

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衣带渐宽终不悔，为伊消得人憔悴。Liu Yong (about 984 — 1053)

Clothes and belts are loosening, yet no regret; pining for you, I willingly grew thin and pallid.

生当复来归，死当长相思。Su Wu (140 BC — 60 BC)

Alive I will return to you, dead I will forever miss you.

天涯地角有穷时，只有相思无尽处。Yan Shu (991 — 1055)

Grand heaven and earth all have extent, yet only lovesickness has no end.

孤灯不明思欲绝，卷帷望月空长叹。Li Bai (701 — 762)

Facing a lonely dim lamp my pain of pining filled the sky; gazing at the moon through rolled drape I can only sigh.

天不老，情难绝。心似双丝网，中有千千结。Zhang Xian (990 — 1078)

Heaven never ages; love never severs. My heart is like a net woven by yearning, with thousands of untied knots.

此曲有意无人传，愿随春风寄燕然，忆君迢迢隔青天。Li Bai (701 — 762)

The song is full of love yet has no one to assign; wishing the spring breeze could take it to the borderline, to the person I pine for on the other side of the sky.

浅情终似，行云无定，犹到梦魂中。Yan Jidao (1037 — 1110)

The affection with little depth, like unstable drifting clouds, yet I can meet you in dreams.

花自飘零水自流。一种相思，两处闲愁。Li Qingzhao (1084 — 1155)

Flowers drift and water flows on its own. One kind of longing, in two places we sorrow.

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相思难表，梦魂无据，惟有归来是。Ouyang Xiu (1007 — 1072)

Longing is hard to tell; dreams leave no trail; only the day you return can make everything real.

相见争如不见，有情何似无情。Sima Guang (1019 — 1086)

Pain after departing is deeper than pining; affection is more bitter than heartless being.

直道相思了无益，未妨惆怅是清狂。Li Shangyin (about 813 — 858)

Even my longing is never beneficial, the melancholy heart is the proof of my devoted love.

落红不是无情物，化作春泥更护花。Gong Zizhen (1792 — 1841)

Falling petals are not ruthless, they turn into mud and nurture flowers' spring rebirth.

相思一夜情多少，地角天涯未是长。Zhang Zhongsu (about 769 — 819)

Comparing the countless longings in one night, the ends of heaven and earth are not that distant.

换我心，为你心，始知相忆深。Gu Xiong of Five Dynasties (907 — 960)

Only by exchanging your heart for mine, will you understand how deep is my pine.

相思似海深，旧事如天远。Le Wan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127 — 1279)

Longing runs deep, like the boundless sea; beautiful memories drift afar, like heavenly clouds.

无情不似多情苦，一寸还成千万缕。Yan Shu (991 — 1055)

Being heartless is not as bitter as lovesickness; a shred of longing can grow into millions.

若教眼底无离恨，不信人间有白头。Xin Qiji (1140 — 1207)

If I were not suffering the sorrow of parting, I would never believe one's hair could gray from pining.

明月不谙离恨苦，斜光到晓穿朱户。Yan Shu (991 — 1055)

The moon is unaware of the sorrow of parting's plight; Sheds its light through the empty door until morning light.

从别后，忆相逢，几回魂梦与君同。Yan Jidao (1037 — 1110)

Since we last parted ways, recalling our rendezvous days, constantly embracing you in my dreams.

明月楼高休独倚，酒入愁肠，化作相思泪。Fan Zhongyan (989 — 1052)

Moon is bright and the building is tall, one should not lean on rails without peers. Wine in a sorrowful heart, would turn into nostalgic tears.

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明月随良掾，春潮夜夜深。Wang Changling (698 — 757)

The bright moon follows the noble official who left; my longing deepens as spring tides each night.

青青子衿，悠悠我心。The Classic of Poetry, or The Book of Songs, or Shijing, compiled by Confucius (551 BC — 479 BC).

Your verdant collars, my pining heart lingers.

南风知我意，吹梦到西洲。Yuefu, A Poetry Collection of Southern Dynasties (420 — 589).

If the southern wind knows how I feel, please breeze my dreams to her on the Western isle.

虽恨独行冬尽日，终期相见月圆时。Yu Xuanji (about 844 — 871)

Hating to be alone as winter nears its close, I yearn to meet you under the next full moon's glow.

红烛背，绣帘垂，梦长君不知。Wen Tingyun (about 812 — 866)

Behind the red candle's fading glow, embroidered curtain hangs low, I dream long of you, yet you don't know.

何堪最长夜，俱作独眠人。Bai Juyi (772 — 846)

How can we endure the longest night, when we're sleepless, in solitude's plight.

所谓伊人，在水一方。The Classic of Poetry, or The Book of Songs, or Shijing, compiled by Confucius (551 BC — 479 BC).

The one I adored, is at the distant waterside.

东边日出西边雨，道是无晴却有晴。Liu Yuxi (772 — 842)

In the east, the sun ascends, in the west, the rain descends, unclear and clear, like your love's transcendence.

一生一代一双人，争教两处销魂。Nalan Xingde (1655 — 1685)

A pair destined for a lifetime's bliss, how to bear the pain of parting in two places.

眉间心上，无计相回避。Fan Zhongyan (989 — 1052)

Longing pains in the brows and heart, indeed it is impossible to evade.

山盟虽在，锦书难托。Lu You (1125 — 1210)

Our love promise will forever remain, yet my longing letters have nowhere to convey.

自在飞花轻似梦，无边丝雨细如愁。Qin Guan (1049 — 1100)

Freely fluttering petals, light as dreams; boundless rain threads, delicate as my sorrows.

长相思兮长相忆，短相思兮无穷极。Li Bai (701 — 762)

Eternal longing is the memory that forever lasts; ephemeral longing is the affection that has no ends.

但教心似金钿坚，天上人间会相见。Bai Juyi (772 — 846)

As long as our hearts are firm like gold jewelry; in heaven or earth, we shall meet someday.

多情却被无情恼，今夜还如昨夜长。Yuan Haowen (1190 — 1257)

Affectionate ones always vexed by heartless things; tonight, like last night, seem everlasting.

遥将一点泪，远寄如花人。Li Bai (701 — 762)

I shall send pining tear from afar, to the flower-like one in my heart.

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相思本是无凭语，莫向花笺费泪行。Yan Jidao (1037 — 1110)

Longing words groundless as they sound, no need to write them down with tears unbound.

青青河边草，绵绵思远道。饮马长城窟行 Yuefu of Han Dynasty (202 BC — 220 AD)

Lush grass endlessly along the river, like my pining that will last forever.

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