想 xiǎng to think (about) / to think of / to devise / to think (that) / to believe (that) / to desire / to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) syn 将 將 qiāng to desire / to invite / to request syn 意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn 紧张 緊張 jǐn zhāng nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] syn 兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn 强烈 強烈 qiáng liè strong / intense syn 愿望 願望 yuàn wàng desire / wish syn 欲望 慾望 yù wàng desire / longing / appetite / craving syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 意愿 意願 yì yuàn aspiration / wish (for) / desire syn 性欲 性慾 xìng yù sexual desire / lust syn 心愿 心願 xīn yuàn cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration syn 猛烈 měng liè fierce / violent / vigorous / intense syn 尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) syn 禁欲 禁慾 jìn yù to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism 渴求 kě qiú to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire syn 心动 心動 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc) 情欲 情慾 qíng yù lust / desire / sensual syn 烈性 liè xìng strong / intense / spirited / virulent syn 变本加厉 變本加厲 biàn běn jiā lì lit. change to more severe (idiom) / to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify syn 肉欲 肉慾 ròu yù carnal desire syn 私欲 sī yù selfish desire syn 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn 浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich / strong / heavy (fragrance) / dense / full-bodied / intense syn 求知欲 求知慾 qiú zhī yù desire for knowledge 欲念 yù niàn desire syn 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī to drool with desire (idiom) / to envy / to hunger for syn 意欲 yì yù to intend to / intention / desire syn 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 物欲 wù yù material desire / craving for material things 兽欲 獸慾 shòu yù beastly desire 仇怨 chóu yuàn hatred and desire for revenge syn 杀机 殺機 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger 随心 隨心 suí xīn to fulfill one's desire / to find sth satisfactory 欲求 yù qiú to desire / wants / appetites 色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) 激越 jī yuè intense / loud syn 色欲 色慾 sè yù sexual desire / lust 想望 xiǎng wàng to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire syn 惟恐天下不乱 惟恐天下不亂 wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos / lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder 繁密 fán mì numerous and close together / (of hair) luxuriant / (of woods) dense / (of gunfire) intense syn 愿 願 yuàn (bound form) wish / hope / desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen) / may ... / vow / pledge syn 欲 yù to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4] syn 隆 lóng grand / intense / prosperous / to swell / to bulge 兴 興 xìng feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn 火辣辣 huǒ là là scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot syn 愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical / problems get more and more intense syn 凄 淒 qī intense cold / frigid / dismal / grim / bleak / sad / mournful 馋涎欲滴 饞涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī lit. to drool with desire (idiom) / fig. to hunger for / greedy syn 酌定 zhuó dìng to decide after intense deliberation syn 酷烈 kù liè intense / brutal / fierce syn 得陇望蜀 得隴望蜀 dé lǒng wàng shǔ lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized / fig. endless greed / insatiable desire syn 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 觎 覦 yú to desire passionately 热辣辣 熱辣辣 rè là là burning hot / scorching / (of food) spicy hot / (of news, topics etc) sensational / attention-grabbing / emotionally intense syn 烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers 争强好胜 爭強好勝 zhēng qiáng hào shèng competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others 炽盛 熾盛 chì shèng ablaze (fire) / intense (anger, desire etc) / prosperous / booming syn 烈怒 liè nù intense rage 稠密等离子体聚焦装置 dense plasma focus / intense plasma focus 鲜烈 鮮烈 xiān liè fresh and intense / vivid 重口味 zhòng kǒu wèi strong flavor (spicy, salty etc) / (of food) strongly flavored / (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors / (slang) intense / hardcore 煋 xīng (literary) (of a fire) fierce / intense / blazing / (literary) to radiate light in all directions 刀光剑影 刀光劍影 dāo guāng jiàn yǐng lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict syn 黑化 hēi huà to blacken / (slang) to undergo a transformation to a malevolent personality (often, precipitated by intense psychological stress) 愒 kài to desire 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain) / to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) 四谛 四諦 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] 恏 hào to desire 生愿 生願 shēng yuàn desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth 苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4] 蕴结 蘊結 yùn jié latent (desire, feeling etc) / bottled up 遐心 xiá xīn the wish to abandon or keep aloof / the desire to live in retirement 食色性也 shí sè xìng yě Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex. 欲火焚身 慾火焚身 yù huǒ fén shēn burning with desire 口腹之欲 口腹之慾 kǒu fù zhī yù desire for good food 歛 hān to desire / to give 春兴 春興 chūn xìng carnal desire 嗑CP kē C P (slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P] 厌战 厭戰 yàn zhàn to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc) syn 寤寐以求 wù mèi yǐ qiú to crave day and night / to strongly desire 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 忺 xiān (literary) to want / to desire / (literary) pleased / gratified / happy 