爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 旧约 舊約 jiù yuē former agreement / former contract syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 萨摩 薩摩 sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc 单恋 單戀 dān liàn unrequited love / one-sided love 定情 dìng qíng to exchange love tokens or vows / to pledge one's love / to get engaged 往届 往屆 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 爱 愛 ài to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen) syn 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality / gay person / gay love 原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn 爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 做爱 做愛 zuò ài to make love 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other syn 热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently / to adore syn 喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite syn 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 前任 qián rèn predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc) syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 草莓 cǎo méi strawberry / CL:顆|颗[ke1] / (Tw) hickey / love bite syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn 初恋 初戀 chū liàn first love 复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery syn 原先 yuán xiān originally / original / former syn 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 饥渴 飢渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) 挚爱 摯愛 zhì ài true love syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 爱意 愛意 ài yì love syn 一见钟情 一見鍾情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 情书 情書 qíng shū love letter 喜好 xǐ hào to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 爱护 愛護 ài hù to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect syn 深情 shēn qíng deep emotion / deep feeling / deep love / affectionate / loving syn 复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn 维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) 情歌 qíng gē love song syn 欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times syn 前嫌 qián xián former hatred / bygone enmity 昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly syn 爱神 愛神 ài shén god of love 前者 qián zhě the former syn 原有 yuán yǒu original / former 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 友爱 友愛 yǒu ài friendly affection / fraternal love syn 告白 gào bái to announce publicly / to explain oneself / to reveal one's feelings / to confess / to declare one's love syn 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn 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 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 爱恋 愛戀 ài liàn in love with / to feel deeply attached to syn 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times / olden days syn 打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts syn 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly / to feel sorry for sb / to regret / to grudge / to be distressed syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 情网 情網 qíng wǎng snare of love syn 翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 爱爱 愛愛 ài ai (coll.) to make 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 情敌 情敵 qíng dí rival in love 麦迪 麥迪 mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player 旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn 房事 fáng shì sexual intercourse / to make love syn 上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 