恋恋不舍
liàn liàn bù shě · HSK 7
reluctant to part
💕👋 恋 (long for) + 恋 (long for) + 不舍 (not let go) = clinging love that won't say goodbye
不 — single pictograph; bird flying upward
Originally a pictograph in oracle bone script, traditionally interpreted as a bird flying up toward the sky and unable to come down, suggesting negation or refusal. Over time it became the standard negation word in Chinese, used before verbs and adjectives to mean 'not'.