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HSK
to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
HSK 2
aspiration / ambition / to volunteer
HSK 3
desire / wish
HSK 3
volunteer
HSK 3
voluntary
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *願* | 願* | *願
(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愿* | 愿* | *愿
honest and prudent / variant of 願|愿
HSK 5
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
to wish
HSK 6
aspiration / wish (for) / desire
HSK 6
if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)
HSK 7-9
would rather ... (than ...)
HSK 7-9
willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y)
HSK 7-9
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
final wishes of the departed
HSK 7-9
volunteer soldier / CL:
wishing pond
variant of 宏願|宏愿
to have a long-cherished wish realized
petition
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
to appeal / an appeal (law)
volunteer army
to have one's wishes fulfilled
delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do
to vow
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose / fig. you bet, you pay
a wish / a request (to a deity)
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
willingly and gladly (idiom)
one's own wishful thinking
(idiom) to have one's wish fulfilled
great aspiration / great ambition
one's own wishful thinking
to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance
long-cherished wish
long-cherished wish
wished-for / desired
variant of 稱願|称愿
to both be willing / mutual consent
so be it / amen
I'd like to hear the details
unwilling
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
voluntary
volunteer
vision (of the future)
unwilling
the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
if only it were so / I hope so (idiom)
by mutual consent (north China dialect)
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
a long-cherished ambition is realized
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
wish list
final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)
willingly
desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth
to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled
to express a wish (to a deity)
wishing well
petition (for action to be taken)
to have one's wish fulfilled
(literary) hypocrite / two-faced person


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