爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with / to be in love with syn 恋爱 戀愛 liàn ài (romantic) love / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3] / in love / to have an affair syn 爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect / love and respect 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 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 情缘 情緣 qíng yuán predestined love / love affinity syn 女厕 女廁 nǚ cè women's restroom / women's toilet 殉情 xùn qíng to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love 妇联 婦聯 fù lián women's league / women's association 燕赵 燕趙 yān zhào Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi / beautiful women / women dancers and singers 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 爱 愛 ài to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen) syn 同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality / gay person / gay love 爱情 愛情 ài qíng romance / love (romantic) / CL:份[fen4] syn 做爱 做愛 zuò ài to make love 相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other syn 热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently / to adore syn 喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite syn 草莓 cǎo méi strawberry / CL:顆|颗[ke1] / (Tw) hickey / love bite syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 偷情 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair syn 初恋 初戀 chū liàn first love 恋情 戀情 liàn qíng romantic love 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 饥渴 飢渴 jī kě hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc) 挚爱 摯愛 zhì ài true love syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 爱意 愛意 ài yì love syn 一见钟情 一見鍾情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng to fall in love at first sight (idiom) syn 情书 情書 qíng shū love letter 喜好 xǐ hào to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference syn 私生子 sī shēng zǐ illegitimate child (male) / bastard / love child 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 爱护 愛護 ài hù to cherish / to treasure / to take care of / to love and protect syn 深情 shēn qíng deep emotion / deep feeling / deep love / affectionate / loving syn 维纳斯 維納斯 wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) 情歌 qíng gē love song syn 欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 私情 sī qíng personal considerations / love affair syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly syn 爱神 愛神 ài shén god of love 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 友爱 友愛 yǒu ài friendly affection / fraternal love syn 告白 gào bái to announce publicly / to explain oneself / to reveal one's feelings / to confess / to declare one's love syn 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 父爱 父愛 fù ài paternal love 冤家 yuān jia enemy / foe / (in opera) sweetheart or destined love syn 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 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 爱恋 愛戀 ài liàn in love with / to feel deeply attached to syn 打得火热 打得火熱 dǎ de huǒ rè (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other / to hit it off with sb / to be passionately in love with each other / to carry on intimately with / (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing syn 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart / one's true love / the person of one's thoughts syn 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly / to feel sorry for sb / to regret / to grudge / to be distressed syn 桃色 táo sè pink / peach color / illicit love / sexual syn 情网 情網 qíng wǎng snare of love syn 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 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 爱爱 愛愛 ài ai (coll.) to make 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 情敌 情敵 qíng dí rival in love 房事 fáng shì sexual intercourse / to make love syn 桃花 táo huā peach blossom / (fig.) love affair 情诗 情詩 qíng shī love poem 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 饱含 飽含 bǎo hán to be full of (emotion) / to brim with (love, tears etc) syn 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 春心 chūn xīn amorous feelings / stirrings of love syn 传情 傳情 chuán qíng to pass on amorous feelings / to send one's love to sb syn 情变 情變 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship 负心 負心 fù xīn ungrateful / heartless / to fail to be loyal to one's love syn 情爱 情愛 qíng ài affection / friendly feelings towards sb / love syn 情话 情話 qíng huà terms of endearment / words of love 薄情 bó qíng inconstant in love / fickle syn 怜爱 憐愛 lián ài to have tender affection for / to love tenderly / to pamper sb syn 醋意 cù yì jealousy (in love rivalry) syn 怀春 懷春 huái chūn (of girls) to yearn for love syn 恋歌 戀歌 liàn gē love song syn 春意 chūn yì beginning of spring / thoughts of love syn 喜闻乐见 喜聞樂見 xǐ wén lè jiàn to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking syn 缱绻 繾綣 qiǎn quǎn (literary) in love and inseparable syn 好逸恶劳 好逸惡勞 hào yì wù láo to love ease and comfort and hate work (idiom) syn 抚爱 撫愛 fǔ ài to love tenderly / affection / loving care / to caress 婚恋 婚戀 hūn liàn love and marriage syn 艳情 艷情 yàn qíng romantic love / romance / erotic (novel etc) syn 暗恋 暗戀 àn liàn to be secretly in love with 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 深爱 深愛 shēn ài to love dearly 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 花痴 huā chī to be smitten with sb / love-struck fool / starry-eyed infatuation 作爱 作愛 zuò ài to make love