Expressions that capture the beautiful pain of love and longing.
3 phrases in this collection
Portuguese
/sow-DAH-djee/
A deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one loves and which is lost.
Describes the feeling of missing a loved one who has passed away or a time in your life that can never return.
Yaghan
/mah-mee-lah-pee-nah-tah-PIE/
A look shared between two people, each wishing the other would initiate something they both desire.
That moment of unspoken connection when both people want to act but neither does.
Mandarin
/yoo-en fen/
The fateful coincidence that brings people together; a binding force of destiny.
Lit. Fateful coincidence
Describes the serendipitous connection between people who were meant to meet.