"unrequited longing" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
单相思單相思	dān xiāng sī	one-sided lovesickness / unrequited longing

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
眷恋眷戀	juàn liàn	to miss / to long for / to remember with longing / yearning	syn
单恋單戀	dān liàn	unrequited love / one-sided love
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
嫪	lào	longing (unrequited passion)
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
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)
神女有心，襄王无梦神女有心，襄王無夢	shén nǚ yǒu xīn , xiāng wáng wú mèng	lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
巴不能够巴不能夠	bā bù néng gòu	avid / eager for / longing for / to look forward to
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