汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 睹物思人
睹物思人
seeing an object makes one miss its owner (idiom)
睹 Look / 思 miss / I saw the person who left or leave the people left
睹看;思思念。看见死去或离别的人留下的东西就想起了这个人。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

睹物思人的后半句,永远都是物是人非。

Since then, the second half of the sentence is always much transformed.

睹物思人,看到拖鞋便想起了他。

Since then, the sight of slippers often reminded me of him.

这对夫妻的爱犬的雕像让他们睹物思人

The statue of the couple's beloved dog reminds them of him.