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愿
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Definitions
- 1. to hope
- 2. to wish
- 3. to desire
- 4. hoped-for
- 5. ready
- 6. willing
Example Sentences
1 shown愿 他安息！
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Words Containing 愿
both sides are willing
delighted to (do sth, idiom)
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
long-cherished wish
unwilling
by mutual consent (north China dialect)
desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā)
both sides are willing
voluntary
to wish
great aspiration
to vow
to redeem a vow (to a deity)
to appeal
a long-cherished ambition is realized
desire
volunteer army
unwilling
would rather ... (than ...)
wishing well
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
the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
(literary) hypocrite
volunteer
I'd like to hear the details
wished-for
a wish
cherished desire
willingly and gladly (idiom)
willingness
volunteer
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined
if only it were so
to make a wish
one's own wishful thinking
to pray
vision (of the future)
to have one's wish fulfilled
so be it
willingly
to have one's wishes fulfilled
to wish
lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose
petition (for action to be taken)
one's own wishful thinking
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])
if only (sth were possible)
long-cherished wish
petition
aspiration
voluntary
to express a wish (to a deity)
aspiration
to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)
final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)
wish list
to both be willing
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
to have a long-cherished wish realized
to have one's wish fulfilled
final wishes of the departed