热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently / to adore syn 做爱 做愛 zuò ài to make love 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly / to feel sorry for sb / to regret / to grudge / to be distressed syn 爱护 愛護 ài hù to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect syn 疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly syn 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 爱爱 愛愛 ài ai (coll.) to make love 情网 情網 qíng wǎng snare of love syn 恋歌 戀歌 liàn gē love song syn 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 喜闻乐见 喜聞樂見 xǐ wén lè jiàn to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking syn 醋意 cù yì jealousy (in love rivalry) syn 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 怀春 懷春 huái chūn (of girls) to yearn for love syn 虐恋 虐戀 nüè liàn painful love affair / sadomasochism 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 疼 téng (it) hurts / sore / to love dearly syn 醋 cù vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry) syn 爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other syn 深情 shēn qíng deep emotion / deep feeling / deep love / affectionate / loving syn 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 情歌 qíng gē love song syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 初恋 初戀 chū liàn first love 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love syn 草莓 cǎo méi strawberry / CL:顆|颗[ke1] / (Tw) hickey / love bite syn 无缘 無緣 wú yuán to have no opportunity / no way (of doing sth) / no chance / no connection / not placed (in a competition) / (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc 同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality / gay person / gay love 情书 情書 qíng shū love letter 春光 chūn guāng scenes of springtime / the radiance of spring / (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic / an indication of a love affair syn 暗恋 暗戀 àn liàn to be secretly in love with 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 爱恋 愛戀 ài liàn in love with / to feel deeply attached to syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 告白 gào bái to announce publicly / to explain oneself / to reveal one's feelings / to confess / to declare one's love syn 深爱 深愛 shēn ài to love dearly 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 一见钟情 一見鍾情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 相恋 相戀 xiāng liàn to love each other syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 倾心 傾心 qīng xīn to admire wholeheartedly / to fall in love with syn 母爱 母愛 mǔ ài maternal love 博爱 博愛 bó ài to show love and compassion for all humankind 情敌 情敵 qíng dí rival in love 情话 情話 qíng huà terms of endearment / words of love 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 传情 傳情 chuán qíng to pass on amorous feelings / to send one's love to sb syn 冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn 爱神 愛神 ài shén god of love 饥渴 飢渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) 挚爱 摯愛 zhì ài true love syn 友爱 友愛 yǒu ài friendly affection / fraternal love syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 变心 變心 biàn xīn to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb 怜爱 憐愛 lián ài to have tender affection for / to love tenderly / to pamper sb syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 房事 fáng shì sexual intercourse / to make love syn 花痴 huā chī to be smitten with sb / love-struck fool / starry-eyed infatuation 饱含 飽含 bǎo hán to be full of (emotion) / to brim with (love, tears etc) syn 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) 自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn 单恋 單戀 dān liàn unrequited love / one-sided love 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 作爱 作愛 zuò ài to make love 婚恋 婚戀 hūn liàn love and marriage syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 春意 chūn yì beginning of spring / thoughts of love syn 贾宝玉 賈寶玉 jiǎ bǎo yù Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗 定情 dìng qíng to exchange love tokens or vows / to pledge one's love / to get engaged 春心 chūn xīn amorous feelings / stirrings of love syn 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 艳情 艷情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) syn 情诗 情詩 qíng shī love poem 