yuàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to hope
  2. 2. to wish
  3. 3. to desire
  4. 4. hoped-for
  5. 5. ready
  6. 6. willing

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 愿

但愿
dàn yuàn

if only (sth were possible)

如愿以偿
rú yuàn yǐ cháng

to have one's wish fulfilled

宁愿
nìng yuàn

would rather ... (than ...)

心愿
xīn yuàn

cherished desire

志愿
zhì yuàn

aspiration

志愿者
zhì yuàn zhě

volunteer

情愿
qíng yuàn

willingness

意愿
yì yuàn

aspiration

祝愿
zhù yuàn

to wish

自愿
zì yuàn

voluntary

遗愿
yí yuàn

final wishes of the departed

愿意
yuàn yì

to wish

愿望
yuàn wàng

desire

一厢情愿
yī xiāng qíng yuàn

one's own wishful thinking

一相情愿
yī xiāng qíng yuàn

one's own wishful thinking

不情愿
bù qíng yuàn

unwilling

不愿
bù yuàn

unwilling

中国人民志愿军
zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn

the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950

事与愿违
shì yǔ yuàn wéi

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ

if only it were so

你情我愿
nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn

to both be willing

两厢情愿
liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn

both sides are willing

两情两愿
liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn

by mutual consent (north China dialect)

两相情愿
liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn

both sides are willing

在天愿做比翼鸟,在地愿做连理枝
zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī

In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined

夙愿
sù yuàn

long-cherished wish

夙愿以偿
sù yuàn yǐ cháng

a long-cherished ambition is realized

夙愿得偿
sù yuàn dé cháng

to have a long-cherished wish realized

大愿地藏菩萨
dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà

Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)

太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

如愿
rú yuàn

to have one's wishes fulfilled

姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

宏愿
hóng yuàn

great aspiration

宿愿
sù yuàn

long-cherished wish

封官许愿
fēng guān xǔ yuàn

to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance

心甘情愿
xīn gān qíng yuàn

delighted to (do sth, idiom)

心愿单
xīn yuàn dān

wish list

志愿军
zhì yuàn jūn

volunteer army

所愿
suǒ yuàn

wished-for

末愿
mò yuàn

final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)

甘心情愿
gān xīn qíng yuàn

willingly and gladly (idiom)

甘愿
gān yuàn

willingly

生愿
shēng yuàn

desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā)

发愿
fā yuàn

to vow

祈愿
qí yuàn

to pray

能愿动词
néng yuàn dòng cí

modal verb (e.g. 肯[kěn], 能[néng], 會|会[huì], 要[yào], 該|该[gāi], 得[děi], 願意|愿意[yuàn yì], 可以[kě yǐ], 可能[kě néng], 敢[gǎn], 應該|应该[yīng gāi])

自愿性
zì yuàn xìng

voluntary

自愿者
zì yuàn zhě

volunteer

许下愿心
xǔ xià yuàn xīn

to express a wish (to a deity)

许愿
xǔ yuàn

to make a wish

许愿井
xǔ yuàn jǐng

wishing well

诉愿
sù yuàn

to appeal

诚心所愿
chéng xīn suǒ yuàn

so be it

请愿
qǐng yuàn

petition (for action to be taken)

请愿书
qǐng yuàn shū

petition

遂愿
suì yuàn

to have one's wish fulfilled

还愿
huán yuàn

to redeem a vow (to a deity)

乡愿
xiāng yuàn

(literary) hypocrite

愿心
yuàn xīn

a wish

愿景
yuàn jǐng

vision (of the future)

愿闻其详
yuàn wén qí xiáng

I'd like to hear the details

愿赌服输
yuàn dǔ fú shū

lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose