Monday, March 13, 2017

A Whirlpool of Emotion - 百感交集

百感交集 (bǎi gǎn jiāo jí)


百: one hundred, many
感: feelings, thoughts
交集: get together, get mixed

Literal translation: all kinds of feelings well up in one's heart.

It means that one has mixed feelings, fill one's mind with a myriad of thoughts.

Corresponding English idiom: A whirlpool of emotion.

Example sentence: That I have been able to attend a grand meeting such as this one, fills my mind with a myriad of thoughts and ideas. (我能参加这样的盛会,真是令我百感交集, 思绪万千.)

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