欲 yù

desire, want, long for; intend

HSK 6 #1045

DEFINITIONS

  • desire, want, long for
  • intend
  • desire
  • appetite
  • passion
  • lust
  • greed
  • to wish for
  • to desire
  • variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

STROKES

欲 stroke order diagram
欲 stroke order animation

WORDS

物欲 wù yù material desire; craving for material things
禁欲主义 jìn yù zhǔ yì asceticism
望眼欲穿 wàng yǎn yù chuān to anxiously await
兽欲 shòu yù beastly desire
馋涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī lit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for; greedy
利欲 lì yù cupidity
一逞兽欲 yī chěng shòu yù to give way to one's beastly lust
一逞獸欲 yī chěng shòu yù to give way to one's beastly lust
利欲心 lì yù xīn cupidity
口欲期 kǒu yù qī oral stage (psychology)
口腹之欲 kǒu fù zhī yù desire for good food
嗜欲 shì yù lust
喷薄欲出 pēn bó yù chū to be on the verge of eruption (idiom); (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
噴薄欲出 pēn bó yù chū to be on the verge of eruption (idiom); (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
工欲善其事，必先利其器 gōng yù shàn qí shì ， bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
己所不欲，勿施于人 jǐ suǒ bù yù ， wù shī yú rén What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects); Do as you would be done by.; Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
己所不欲，勿施於人 jǐ suǒ bù yù ， wù shī yú rén What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects); Do as you would be done by.; Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
几欲 jī yù almost; nearly going to
幾欲 jī yù almost; nearly going to
从心所欲 cóng xīn suǒ yù whatever you like; to do as one pleases
從心所欲 cóng xīn suǒ yù whatever you like; to do as one pleases
急欲 jí yù to be keen to ...; to be anxious to ...
性欲高潮 xìng yù gāo cháo orgasm
恣欲 zì yù to follow lustful desires
欲仙欲死 yù xiān yù sǐ to wish one were dead (idiom); (fig.) to be in seventh heaven
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