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 爱屋及乌 愛屋及烏 ài wū jí wū lit. love the house and its crow (idiom) / involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog. syn 移情别恋 移情別戀 yí qíng bié liàn change of affection, shift of love (idiom) / to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else 风流债 風流債 fēng liú zhài lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair 薄幸 bó xìng fickle / inconstant person 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 热恋 熱戀 rè liàn to fall head over heels in love / to be passionately in love syn 钟情 鍾情 zhōng qíng to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art) syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect syn 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 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 伉俪情深 伉儷情深 kàng lì qíng shēn married couple very much in love / deep conjugal love 山盟海誓 shān méng hǎi shì to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 海誓山盟 hǎi shì shān méng to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 盟山誓海 méng shān shì hǎi to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 舐犊之爱 舐犢之愛 shì dú zhī ài the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love 早恋 早戀 zǎo liàn to be in love when one is too young / puppy love 因爱成恨 因愛成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn hatred caused by love (idiom) / to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person 昵爱 昵愛 nì ài to love dearly / intimacy / close love 纯爱 純愛 chún ài pure love / BL, aka boys' love (genre of male homoerotic fictional media) 落花有意，流水无情 落花有意，流水無情 luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love) 情窦 情竇 qíng dòu (lit.) love aperture / (fig.) interest in love matters 爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite 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 热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently / to adore syn 做爱 做愛 zuò ài to make love 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 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly / to feel sorry for sb / to regret / to grudge / to be distressed 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 喜好 xǐ hào to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference syn 草莓 cǎo méi strawberry / CL:顆|颗[ke1] / (Tw) hickey / love bite syn 爱护 愛護 ài hù to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect 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) 爱意 愛意 ài yì love syn 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 疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly 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 情爱 情愛 qíng ài affection / friendly feelings towards sb / love 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 相恋 相戀 xiāng liàn to love each other 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 欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy 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 爱爱 愛愛 ài ai (coll.) to make love 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children 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 情网 情網 qíng wǎng snare of love 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 恋歌 戀歌 liàn gē love song 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 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 姐弟恋 姐弟戀 jiě dì liàn love between an older woman and a younger man 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 春心 chūn xīn amorous feelings / stirrings of love syn 