"longing for" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
巴不能够 巴不能夠 bā bù néng gòu avid / eager for / longing for / to look forward to
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
想念 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again syn
欲望 慾望 yù wàng desire / longing / appetite / craving syn
单相思 單相思 dān xiāng sī one-sided lovesickness / unrequited longing
眷恋 眷戀 juàn liàn to miss / to long for / to remember with longing / yearning syn
眷眷之心 juàn juàn zhī xīn nostalgia / home-sickness / longing for departed beloved
身在曹营心在汉 身在曹營心在漢 shēn zài cáo yíng xīn zài hàn live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
lào longing (unrequited passion)
临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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