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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
to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
HSK 2
to hope / a hope; a wish
HSK 3
(idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious
HSK 5
blessings / to wish sb well
HSK 4
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  *祝* | 祝* | *祝
to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
HSK 3
(idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
HSK 7-9
to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled
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  *愿* | 愿* | *愿
(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge
HSK 5
(idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
HSK 7-9
to wish
HSK 6
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
HSK 7-9
as one wants; according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
HSK 7-9
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
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  *巴* | 巴* | *巴
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士 / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴, tail
to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc)
things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
to have one's wish fulfilled
HSK 7-9
to wish to continue sth / to have not fully expressed oneself
lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled
to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
(literary) to hope for; to wish
to have one's wish fulfilled
to have a long-cherished wish realized
to be fondly attached to; to not wish to part with; to cling to
to congratulate respectfully / to express good wishes
to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort
sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided
HSK 7-9
a wish / a request (to a deity)
to send good wishes from afar
Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home.
to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing)
to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectations
to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled
exactly what one would wish / to find one's niche
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
to express good wishes
to have one's wishes fulfilled
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
to express a wish (to a deity)
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
to demand; to call for; to petition / demand; wish; request / to promote one's brand; to appeal to (consumers) / (marketing) message; pitch
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  *颂* | 颂* | *颂
ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters)
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  *慭* | 慭* | *慭
(literary) to wish; to prefer to / (literary) to incur damage or loss
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
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  *悕* | 悕* | *悕
(literary) to wish / to hope / sad / sorrowful
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
to pray / to pray for sth / to wish sth / prayer / wish
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
to have one's wish fulfilled
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display
to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
the wish to abandon or keep aloof / the desire to live in retirement
to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)
to go against / to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes)
to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千)
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")
not wishing to acknowledge sb / unwilling to respond
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  *欲* | 欲* | *欲
to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲


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