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Definitions

  1. 1. to envy

Example Sentences

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我 羡 慕他。
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Words Containing 羡

羡慕
xiàn mù

to envy

倾羡
qīng xiàn

to admire

奇羡
jī xiàn

surplus

季羡林
jì xiàn lín

Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist

心羡
xīn xiàn

to admire

忌羡
jì xiàn

to envy

钦羡
qīn xiàn

to admire

羡慕嫉妒恨
xiàn mù jí dù hèn

to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)

临川羡鱼
lín chuān xiàn yú

see 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]

临河羡鱼
lín hé xiàn yú

see 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]

临渊羡鱼
lín yuān xiàn yú

see 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]

临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网
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)

艳羡
yàn xiàn

to envy

让人羡慕
ràng rén xiàn mù

enviable

惊羡
jīng xiàn

to marvel at

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