缅怀

miǎn huái · HSK 7

to recall fondly

🕯️ 缅 (remote, far-off) + 怀 (cherish, heart radical 忄) = to cherish the far-off past

缅 carries the sense of distant or remote, and 怀 means to cherish or hold in the bosom (note the heart radical 忄). Together they mean holding something far away close to the heart — recalling the past fondly.

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