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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
意思 yìsi	意思 \| 意思* \| *意思	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


兴趣 xìngqù	兴趣 \| 兴趣* \| *兴趣	interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby	興趣 HSK 4


想 xiǎng	想 \| 想* \| *想	to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	HSK 1


轨道 guǐdào	轨道 \| 轨道* \| *轨道	track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital	軌道 HSK 6


愿望 yuànwàng	愿望 \| 愿望* \| *愿望	desire / wish	願望 HSK 3


心愿 xīnyuàn	心愿 \| 心愿* \| *心愿	cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration	心願 HSK 6


无欲无求 wúyùwúqiú	无欲无求 \| 无欲无求* \| *无欲无求	(idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions; to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc)	無欲無求


意愿 yìyuàn	意愿 \| 意愿* \| *意愿	aspiration / wish (for) / desire	意願 HSK 6


胜负欲 shèngfùyù	胜负欲 \| 胜负欲* \| *胜负欲	desire to win; competitive drive	勝負慾


随心所欲 suíxīnsuǒyù	随心所欲 \| 随心所欲* \| *随心所欲	(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases	隨心所欲 HSK 7-9


一步到位 yībùdàowèi	一步到位 \| 一步到位* \| *一步到位	to accomplish in one step; to achieve the desired result in one go


愿 yuàn	愿 \| 愿* \| *愿	(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge	願 HSK 5


完备 wánbèi	完备 \| 完备* \| *完备	faultless / complete / perfect / to leave nothing to be desired	完備 HSK 7-9


食色性也 shísèxìngyě	食色性也 \| 食色性也* \| *食色性也	Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.


完美无缺 wánměiwúquē	完美无缺 \| 完美无缺* \| *完美无缺	perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired	完美無缺


上进心 shàngjìnxīn	上进心 \| 上进心* \| *上进心	ambition; desire for self-improvement	上進心


见效 jiànxiào	见效 \| 见效* \| *见效	to produce the intended effect; to achieve the desired result	見效 HSK 7-9


欲望 yùwàng	欲望 \| 欲望* \| *欲望	desire; longing; appetite; craving	慾望 HSK 7-9


切盼 qièpàn	切盼 \| 切盼* \| *切盼	to look forward eagerly to sth / keenly desired


讨好 tǎohǎo	讨好 \| 讨好* \| *讨好	to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor	討好 HSK 7-9


七情六欲 qīqíngliùyù	七情六欲 \| 七情六欲* \| *七情六欲	(idiom) various emotions and desires


欲求 yùqiú	欲求 \| 欲求* \| *欲求	to desire / wants; appetites


厌战 yànzhàn	厌战 \| 厌战* \| *厌战	to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc)	厭戰


物欲 wùyù	物欲 \| 物欲* \| *物欲	material desire / craving for material things


求知欲 qiúzhīyù	求知欲 \| 求知欲* \| *求知欲	desire for knowledge	求知慾


意欲 yìyù	意欲 \| 意欲* \| *意欲	to intend to / intention; desire


色魔 sèmó	色魔 \| 色魔* \| *色魔	sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)


情欲 qíngyù	情欲 \| 情欲* \| *情欲	lust / desire / sensual	情慾


想望 xiǎngwàng	想望 \| 想望* \| *想望	to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire


贪 tān	贪 \| 贪* \| *贪	to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt	貪 HSK 7-9


不如人意 bùrúrényì	不如人意 \| 不如人意* \| *不如人意	leaving much to be desired / unsatisfactory / undesirable


性欲 xìngyù	性欲 \| 性欲* \| *性欲	sexual desire / lust	性慾


杀机 shājī	杀机 \| 杀机* \| *杀机	desire to commit murder / great danger	殺機


涅槃 nièpán	涅槃 \| 涅槃* \| *涅槃	(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那)


欲 yù	欲 \| 欲* \| *欲	desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed	慾


欲念 yùniàn	欲念 \| 欲念* \| *欲念	desire


所愿 suǒyuàn	所愿 \| 所愿* \| *所愿	wished-for / desired	所願


兴 xìng	兴 \| 兴* \| *兴	feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement	興


垂涎 chuíxián	垂涎 \| 垂涎* \| *垂涎	to drool; to salivate / (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily


寤寐以求 wùmèiyǐqiú	寤寐以求 \| 寤寐以求* \| *寤寐以求	to crave day and night; to strongly desire


心动 xīndòng	心动 \| 心动* \| *心动	heartbeat; heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected; aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)	心動


恣欲 zìyù	恣欲 \| 恣欲* \| *恣欲	to follow lustful desires


四谛 sìdì	四谛 \| 四谛* \| *四谛	the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道｜苦集灭道: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅｜灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道	四諦


七魄 qīpò	七魄 \| 七魄* \| *七魄	seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires / contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls


效验 xiàoyàn	效验 \| 效验* \| *效验	(desired) effect / (expected) result / effective	效驗


渴求 kěqiú	渴求 \| 渴求* \| *渴求	to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire


炽盛 chìshèng	炽盛 \| 炽盛* \| *炽盛	ablaze (fire) / intense (anger, desire etc) / prosperous / booming	熾盛


奉承讨好 fèngchengtǎohǎo	奉承讨好 \| 奉承讨好* \| *奉承讨好	to curry favor / to get the desired outcome by flattery	奉承討好


生愿 shēngyuàn	生愿 \| 生愿* \| *生愿	desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth	生願


争强好胜 zhēngqiánghàoshèng	争强好胜 \| 争强好胜* \| *争强好胜	competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others	爭強好勝


随心 suíxīn	随心 \| 随心* \| *随心	to fulfill one's desire / to find sth satisfactory	隨心


垂涎欲滴 chuíxiányùdī	垂涎欲滴 \| 垂涎欲滴* \| *垂涎欲滴	to drool with desire (idiom); to envy / to hunger for


复读 fùdú	复读 \| 复读* \| *复读	to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school	復讀


得陇望蜀 dé Lǒngwàng Shǔ	得陇望蜀 \| 得陇望蜀* \| *得陇望蜀	lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized / fig. endless greed / insatiable desire	得隴望蜀


念想 niànxiǎng	念想 \| 念想* \| *念想	to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of / aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake; memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)


适得其反 shìdéqífǎn	适得其反 \| 适得其反* \| *适得其反	to produce the opposite of the desired result	適得其反


阿罗汉 āluóhàn	阿罗汉 \| 阿罗汉* \| *阿罗汉	arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)	阿羅漢


私欲 sīyù	私欲 \| 私欲* \| *私欲	selfish desire


助推 zhùtuī	助推 \| 助推* \| *助推	(aerospace) to boost; to provide propulsion assistance / (behavioral economics) to nudge; to give a gentle push toward a desired behavior


愒 kài	愒 \| 愒* \| *愒	to desire


馋涎欲滴 chánxiányùdī	馋涎欲滴 \| 馋涎欲滴* \| *馋涎欲滴	lit. to drool with desire (idiom) / fig. to hunger for / greedy	饞涎欲滴


仇怨 chóuyuàn	仇怨 \| 仇怨* \| *仇怨	hatred and desire for revenge


歛 hān	歛 \| 歛* \| *歛	to desire / to give


肉欲 ròuyù	肉欲 \| 肉欲* \| *肉欲	carnal desire	肉慾


不忮不求 bùzhìbùqiú	不忮不求 \| 不忮不求* \| *不忮不求	(idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed / to live a simple life, free from worldly desires


襟 jīn	襟 \| 襟* \| *襟	lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom


讨巧 tǎoqiǎo	讨巧 \| 讨巧* \| *讨巧	to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense	討巧


邪念 xiéniàn	邪念 \| 邪念* \| *邪念	wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire


恏 hào	恏 \| 恏* \| *恏	to desire


欲火焚身 yùhuǒfénshēn	欲火焚身 \| 欲火焚身* \| *欲火焚身	burning with desire	慾火焚身


春兴 chūnxìng	春兴 \| 春兴* \| *春兴	carnal desire	春興


欲海 yùhǎi	欲海 \| 欲海* \| *欲海	ocean of lust (Buddhist term) / worldly desires


色欲 sèyù	色欲 \| 色欲* \| *色欲	sexual desire / lust	色慾


访师求学 fǎngshīqiúxué	访师求学 \| 访师求学* \| *访师求学	to seek a teacher desiring to study	訪師求學


口腹之欲 kǒufùzhīyù	口腹之欲 \| 口腹之欲* \| *口腹之欲	desire for good food	口腹之慾


物欲世界 wùyùshìjiè	物欲世界 \| 物欲世界* \| *物欲世界	the world of material desires (Buddhism)	物慾世界


觎 yú	觎 \| 觎* \| *觎	to desire passionately	覦


忺 xiān	忺 \| 忺* \| *忺	(literary) to want; to desire / (literary) pleased; gratified; happy


遐心 xiáxīn	遐心 \| 遐心* \| *遐心	the wish to abandon or keep aloof / the desire to live in retirement


苦集灭道 kǔjímièdào	苦集灭道 \| 苦集灭道* \| *苦集灭道	the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅｜灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 / also called 四諦｜四谛	苦集滅道


禁欲 jìnyù	禁欲 \| 禁欲* \| *禁欲	to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism	禁慾


蕴结 yùnjié	蕴结 \| 蕴结* \| *蕴结	latent (desire, feeling etc) / bottled up	蘊結


兽欲 shòuyù	兽欲 \| 兽欲* \| *兽欲	beastly desire	獸慾


欲 yù	欲 \| 欲* \| *欲	to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾｜欲


将 qiāng	将 \| 将* \| *将	to desire / to invite / to request	將

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