Meaning: The lotus root has been broken, but the silk is still attached. The metaphor does not completely sever ties.

Pronunciation: ǒu duàn sī lián.

Source: Tang Dynasty Meng Jiao's "Going to Wife" poem: "My heart is like the thread in the lotus root; even though it is broken, it is still connected."

Translation: My heart is like the thread in the lotus root, Although we have separated, I still miss you.

Synonyms: sloppy, difficult to separate.

Antonym: cut in two. Sentence

1. They have been divorced, but they still keep in touch with each other.

2. He is still disconnected from his previous girlfriend.

3. Don’t think that I don’t know that you and him are still secretly colluding, and we are still inseparable!

4. Now that you have decided to break up, don’t let the relationship get too complicated.

5. The two found their parents, but the love between them was still disconnected.

6. Although he and his wife promised not to associate with that woman again, he still kept in touch with her secretly.

7. You must make a clean break with those people who are neither trivial nor trivial, and must not be disconnected.