落花有意，流水无情

luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng

Definitions

1. lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom)
2. fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)

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Child Words of 落花有意，流水无情

feeling

to have; there is

to intend

water

to flow

running water

not to have

pitiless

flower

to leave out

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

to fall or drop

idea