恋 - liàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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恋 (戀)

liàn

Definition

to feel attached to
to long for
to love

Character Decomposition

Related words (55)

lover; sweetheart

home-loving; to feel a strong attachment to home life; to begrudge being away from home

恋念

liàn niàn

to have a sentimental attachment to (a place); to miss (one's ancestral home etc); to be nostalgic about

romantic love

to be enamored of; to have tender feelings for; to be sentimentally attached to (a person or place)

恋战

liàn zhàn

to zealously continue fighting

see 怀旧

to be reluctant to give up a post

love song

(to be) in love; (romantic) love; to be serious with each other; romance; to court ; love affair; to have an affair; to go out (romantically)

(sexual) fetishism

necrophilia

(sexual) fetishism

(sexual) fetishism

pedophile

pedophilia; pedophile

foot fetish

reluctant to part

dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes

foot fetishist

to regret parting; to hate to leave sb

first love

unrequited love; one-sided love

失恋

shī liàn

to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted

love and marriage

to miss; to long for

puppy love

to be secretly in love with

栈恋

zhàn liàn

sentimental attachment to a person or place

热恋

rè liàn

to fall head over heels in love; to be passionately in love

爱恋

ài liàn

in love with; to feel deeply attached to

留恋

liú liàn

reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly; to linger; nostalgia

to love each other

to miss; to long for; to remember with longing; yearning

网恋

wǎng liàn

online love affair; cyberdate; Internet dating

narcissism

sadomasochism

to cling to; to be reluctant to give up (sth); to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)

迷恋

mí liàn

to be infatuated with; to madly cling (to); infatuation; to be enchanted by; to be passionate (about); to indulge in

双性恋

shuāng xìng liàn

bisexual; bisexuality

同性恋

tóng xìng liàn

gay (person); homosexuality; gay love

姐弟恋

jiě dì liàn

love between an older woman and a younger man

pederasty

see 婚外情

long-distance romance; long-distance relationship

异性恋

yì xìng liàn

heterosexuality; heterosexual love

(sexual) fetishism

to court; to go steady; to be dating

黄昏恋

huáng hūn liàn

(fig.) romantic relationship between an elderly couple; falling in love in the autumn of one's life

love triangle

feelings of first love

homosexual; gay

heterosexism

see 驽马恋栈

tóng xìng liàn kǒng jù zhèng

homophobia

Idioms (3)

移情别恋

yí qíng bié liàn

change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love; to fall in love with sb else

老马恋栈

lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn

(lit.) the old horse loves his stable; (fig.) sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)

驽马恋栈

nú mǎ liàn zhàn

an incompetent man clings to a good position (idiom)

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