恋
(戀)to feel attached to / to long for / to love
Example Sentences
他们谈恋爱已经三年了。
tā men tán liàn ài yǐ jīng sān nián le.
They have been in love for three years.
明天下午他将专程前往拜访并留恋老朋友。
míng tiān xià wǔ tā jiāng zhuān chéng qián wǎng bài fǎng bìng liú liàn lǎo péng yǒu.
Tomorrow afternoon he will visit and remember old friends.
在大学毕业前夕的晚会上，他终于鼓起勇气向暗恋已久的女生表白了心意。
zài dà xué bì yè qián xī de wǎn huì shàng, tā zhōng yú gǔ qǐ yǒng qì xiàng àn liàn yǐ jiǔ de nǚ shēng biǎo bái le xīn yì.
At the party on the eve of his college graduation, he finally plucked up the courage to confess his feelings to the girl he had been secretly in love with for a long time.
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Related Words & Compounds
Love
to be reluctant to part from
lover / sweetheart
romantic love
home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home
love song
to have a sentimental attachment to (a place) / to miss (one's ancestral home etc) / to be nostalgic about
to be enamored of / to have tender feelings for / to be sentimentally attached to (a person or place)
dating reality show (abbr. for 戀愛綜藝節目|恋爱综艺节目[lian4 ai4 zong1 yi4 jie2 mu4])
reluctant (to leave, to let go etc)
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