落花有意，流水无情

luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 落花有意，流水无情

情
qíng

feeling

有
yǒu

to have; there is

有意
yǒu yì

to intend

水
shuǐ

water

流
liú

to flow

流水
liú shuǐ

running water

无
wú

not to have

无情
wú qíng

pitiless

花
huā

flower

落
là

to leave out

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

落
luò

to fall or drop

意
yì

idea