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idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
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  *爱* | 爱* | *爱
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
HSK 1
emotion; sentiment / affection; feelings between two persons
HSK 3
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  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted / to show affection for / (coll.) to get intimate with sb
HSK 7-9
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  *闪* | 闪* | *闪
to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
HSK 4
now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
kindness / affection / grace / favor
HSK 7-9
to attract people's affection / charming / delightful
HSK 7-9
lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children
(literary) (of loyalty, affection etc) unchanging; unwavering; constant
(neologism, attested by 2018) (slang) simp; person who resorts to cringeworthy fawning behavior in pursuing sb who does not requite their affections
(coll.) (of a couple) to display affection in public or by posting photos on social media
friendly affection / fraternal love
paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I; me; this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman / to be jealous of a rival in a love affair
friendly regard; affection
loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love
old affection
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children
to make a public display of affection
to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology)
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  *钟* | 钟* | *钟
handleless cup; goblet / (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) / variant of 鐘|钟
HSK 3
affection / comradeship
to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party
to love tenderly / affection; loving care / to caress
to show great affection and care
affection / friendly feelings towards sb / love
to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
(dialect) (of food) excessively sweet; cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet; overly sentimental
brotherly affection
unable to refuse because of affection
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  *怃* | 怃* | *怃
(literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged; disappointed / (literary) startled
to have tender affection for / to love tenderly / to pamper sb
false friendship; hypocritical show of affection
change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else
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  *眷* | 眷* | *眷
(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children / (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for
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  *渝* | 渝* | *渝
(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝)
dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗 forced to "eat" it)
the affection, or heart, of a young woman
mutual affection; friendship
to show tenderness / to coo over / affection
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
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  *萌* | 萌* | *萌
(bound form) to sprout; to bud / (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character) / variant of
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  *眷* | 眷* | *眷
(literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for (variant of )


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