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HSK
aspiration / ambition / to volunteer
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愿* | 愿* | *愿
(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
voluntary
HSK 5
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
aspiration / wish (for) / desire
HSK 6
to wish
HSK 6
would rather ... (than ...)
HSK 7-9
final wishes of the departed
HSK 7-9
if only (sth were possible) / I wish (that)
HSK 7-9
willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y)
HSK 7-9
to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish
one's own wishful thinking
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive
long-cherished wish
willingly
to have one's wishes fulfilled
great aspiration / great ambition
petition (for action to be taken)
to vow
long-cherished wish
to have one's wish fulfilled
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
to appeal / an appeal (law)
(literary) hypocrite / two-faced person
delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do
unwilling
(idiom) to have one's wish fulfilled
variant of 稱願|称愿
to both be willing / mutual consent
wished-for / desired
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
so be it / amen
one's own wishful thinking
unwilling
by mutual consent (north China dialect)
variant of 宏願|宏愿
final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)
willingly and gladly (idiom)


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