願 yuǎn yuàn
desire, want; wish; ambition
DEFINITIONS
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| 一廂情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn | one's own wishful thinking |
| 一相情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn | one's own wishful thinking |
| 不情願 bù qíng yuàn | unwilling |
| 不願 bù yuàn | unwilling; unwillingness |
| 中國人民志願軍 zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn | the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950 |
| 事與願違 shì yǔ yuàn wéi | things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) |
| 但願 dàn yuàn | if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) |
| 但願如此 dàn yuàn rú cǐ | if only it were so; I hope so (idiom) |
| 你情我願 nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn | to both be willing; mutual consent |
| 兩廂情願 liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn | both sides are willing; by mutual consent |
| 兩情兩願 liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn | by mutual consent (north China dialect) |
| 兩相情願 liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn | both sides are willing; by mutual consent |
| 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo ， zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī | In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined; wishing for conjugal bliss |
| 夙願 sù yuàn | long-cherished wish |
| 夙願以償 sù yuàn yǐ cháng | a long-cherished ambition is realized |
| 夙願得償 sù yuàn dé cháng | to have a long-cherished wish realized |
| 大願地藏菩薩 dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà | Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú ， yuàn zhě shàng gōu | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 如願 rú yuàn | to have one's wishes fulfilled |
| 如願以償 rú yuàn yǐ cháng | to have one's wish fulfilled |
| 姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú ， yuàn zhě shàng gōu | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 宏願 hóng yuàn | great aspiration; great ambition |
| 宿願 sù yuàn | long-cherished wish |
| 寧願 nìng yuàn | would rather; better |
| 封官許願 fēng guān xǔ yuàn | to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance |
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