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落花有意，流水无情

luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng

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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)

Child Words of 落花有意，流水无情

to fall or drop

idea

flower

to have; there is

to intend

feeling

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

water

to flow

pitiless

to leave out

not to have

running water