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Trad. 願
- (bound form) wish; hope; desire
- to be willing
- to wish (that sth may happen); may ...
- vow; pledge
Trad. 稱願
- to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled
Trad. 末願
- final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)
Trad. 事與願違
- things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
Trad. 你情我願
- to both be willing
- mutual consent
Trad. 能願動詞
- modal verb (e.g. 肯[ken3], 能[neng2], 會|会[hui4], 要[yao4], 該|该[gai1], 得[dei3], 願意|愿意[yuan4 yi4], 可以[ke3 yi3], 可能[ke3 neng2], 敢[gan3], 應該|应该[ying1 gai1])
Trad. 願賭服輸
- lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose
- fig. you bet, you pay
Trad. 心甘情願
- delighted to (do sth, idiom)
- perfectly happy to do
- most willing to do
Trad. 但願如此
- if only it were so
- I hope so (idiom)
Trad. 兩廂情願
- both sides are willing
- by mutual consent
Trad. 兩情兩願
- by mutual consent (north China dialect)
Trad. 夙願以償
- a long-cherished ambition is realized
Trad. 夙願得償
- to have a long-cherished wish realized
Trad. 得償所願
- (idiom) to have one's wish fulfilled
Trad. 兩相情願
- both sides are willing
- by mutual consent
Trad. 封官許願
- to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance
Trad. 大願地藏菩薩
- 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
Trad. 中國人民志願軍
- the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
Trad. 太公釣魚，願者上鉤
- 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
Trad. 姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤
- 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