耐人寻味

nài rén xún wèi

repaying thought; intriguing

Character by character

耐nài
bears

人rén
people’s

寻xún
seeking

味wèi
its flavour

这首诗的最后一句耐人寻味。

The last line of this poem repays thought.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 208 · HSK 9+: 唐诗宋词 (Tang poems and Song lyrics)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.