愿 - yuàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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愿 (願)

yuàn

Definition

to hope
to wish
to desire
hoped-for
ready
willing
sincere

Character Decomposition

Related words (53)

愿心

yuàn xīn

a wish; a request (to a deity)

愿意

yuàn yì

willing (to do something); to be ready; to wish; to want; to like

愿景

yuàn jǐng

vision (of the future)

愿望

yuàn wàng

desire; aspiration; wish

愿赌服输

yuàn dǔ fú shū

(lit.) if you agree to bet you must accept to lose; (fig.) you bet, you pay

不愿

bù yuàn

unwilling; unwillingness

乡愿

xiāng yuàn

(literary) hypocrite; two-faced person

但愿

dàn yuàn

if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)

to vow

long-cherished wish

to have one's wishes fulfilled

宁愿

nìng yuàn

prefer; preferably; rather; would rather; better

宏愿

hóng yuàn

great aspiration; great ambition

long-cherished wish

cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration

志愿

zhì yuàn

aspiration; to aspire; to wish; ideal; ambition; to volunteer

情愿

qíng yuàn

willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)

意愿

yì yuàn

to wish (for); wish; aspiration; desire

wished-for; desired

final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)

willingly

desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā); craving for rebirth

to wish

voluntary

to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise (sb) a reward

诉愿

sù yuàn

to appeal; an appeal (law)

请愿

qǐng yuàn

petition (for action to be taken)

还愿

huán yuàn

to redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfil a promise; votive

遂愿

suì yuàn

to have one's wish fulfilled

遗愿

yí yuàn

final wishes of the departed

unwilling

wish list

volunteer soldier

volunteer army

volunteer

voluntary

volunteer

petition

one's own wishful thinking

一相情愿

yī xiāng qíng yuàn

one's own wishful thinking

两厢情愿

liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn

both sides are willing; by mutual consent

两情两愿

liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn

by mutual consent (north China dialect)

两相情愿

liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn

both sides are willing; by mutual consent

你情我愿

nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn

to both be willing; mutual consent

夙愿以偿

sù yuàn yǐ cháng

a long-cherished ambition is realized

夙愿得偿

sù yuàn dé cháng

to have a long-cherished wish realized

如愿以偿

rú yuàn yǐ cháng

to have one's wish fulfilled

封官许愿

fēng guān xǔ yuàn

to confer an official position with lavish promises; to buy support

心甘情愿

xīn gān qíng yuàn

delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do

求死愿望

qiú sǐ yuàn wàng

death wish (translated from English); Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龙怪客

optative verb

to express a wish (to a deity)

诚心所愿

chéng xīn suǒ yuàn

so be it; amen

Idioms (3)

事与愿违

shì yǔ yuàn wéi

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

但愿如此

dàn yuàn rú cǐ

if only it were so; I hope so (idiom)

甘心情愿

gān xīn qíng yuàn

willingly and gladly (idiom)

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