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 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 意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn 愿望 願望 yuàn wàng desire / wish syn 欲望 慾望 yù wàng desire / longing / appetite / craving syn 意愿 意願 yì yuàn aspiration / wish (for) / desire syn 性欲 性慾 xìng yù sexual desire / lust syn 震动 震動 zhèn dòng to shake / to vibrate / to strongly affect / shock / vibration syn 热衷 熱衷 rè zhōng to feel strongly about / to be fond of / obsession / deep commitment syn 迷住 mí zhu to fascinate / to strongly attract / to obsess / to infatuate / to captivate / to enchant syn 心愿 心願 xīn yuàn cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration 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 清淡 qīng dàn light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales) syn 力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 lì wǎn kuáng lán to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) / fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis syn 肉欲 肉慾 ròu yù carnal desire syn 力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for / to do all one can / to contend strongly syn 私欲 sī yù selfish desire syn 邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn 求知欲 求知慾 qiú zhī yù desire for knowledge 据理力争 據理力爭 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds / to argue strongly for what is right 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 固守 gù shǒu to strongly defend one's position / to be entrenched / to cling to 平缓 平緩 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate / mild-mannered / gentle syn 意欲 yì yù to intend to / intention / desire 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 执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment syn 热卖 熱賣 rè mài to sell strongly / to be in great demand 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 狂顶 狂頂 kuáng dǐng (slang) to strongly support / to strongly approve of 色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) 色欲 色慾 sè yù sexual desire / lust 馥郁 馥鬱 fù yù strongly fragrant syn 冯玉祥 馮玉祥 féng yù xiáng Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek 素净 素淨 sù jing simple and neat / quiet (colors) / unobtrusive / (of food) light / not greasy or strongly flavored syn 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 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 兴 興 xìng feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement syn 贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn 馋涎欲滴 饞涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī lit. to drool with desire (idiom) / fig. to hunger for / greedy syn 轸 軫 zhěn square / strongly (as of emotion) syn 发愤图强 發憤圖強 fā fèn tú qiáng to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom) 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 根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn 壁垒森严 壁壘森嚴 bì lěi sēn yán closely guarded / strongly fortified / sharply divided 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 力主 lì zhǔ advocate strongly syn 争强好胜 爭強好勝 zhēng qiáng hào shèng competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others 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] 措辞强硬 措辭強硬 cuò cí qiáng yìng strongly-worded 劲吹 勁吹 jìng chuī (of wind) to blow strongly / (fig.) (of trends, changes etc) to sweep through society 强烈反对 強烈反對 qiáng liè fǎn duì to oppose strongly / violently opposed to 昂藏 áng cáng tall and strongly built / stalwart / courageous 痛砭 tòng biān to strongly criticize 痛砭时弊 痛砭時弊 tòng biān shí bì to strongly criticize the evils of the day 香馥馥 xiāng fù fù richly scented / strongly perfumed syn 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 力荐 力薦 lì jiàn to strongly recommend 发力 發力 fā lì to exert oneself / to apply force / (of an enterprise etc) to gain momentum / to perform strongly 力劝 力勸 lì quàn to strongly urge 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] 强烈愿望 強烈願望 qiáng liè yuàn wàng intense desire 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 炽盛 熾盛 chì shèng ablaze (fire) / intense (anger, desire etc) / prosperous / booming syn 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 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 