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happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
HSK 1
to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
HSK 2
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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
to be willing to part with sth
HSK 5
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  *肯* | 肯* | *肯
to agree; to consent / to be willing to
HSK 6
to be willing to / to resign oneself to
HSK 7-9
to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied
HSK 7-9
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
HSK 7-9
willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y)
HSK 7-9
one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
HSK 7-9
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  *甘* | 甘* | *甘
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with : bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth)
to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
willingly
willing (to do sth) / to take pleasure in
readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb
to submit cheerfully / to accept willingly (idiom)
pent-up unspoken grievances / suffering not willingly or possibly spoken of
willingly and gladly (idiom)
(idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
both sides are willing / by mutual consent
delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do
to be willing / to be satisfied
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
brave man, willing to risk his life
what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
to both be willing / mutual consent
lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
warmhearted; willing to help others
the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
willing to help others
person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)


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