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- (suffix) replete (with moisture)
- glistening
- plump and tender
- lovely
- alluring
Trad. 從心所欲
- whatever you like
- to do as one pleases
Trad. 隨心所欲
- (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
Trad. 清心寡慾
- (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence
- abstemious
- ascetic
Trad. 搖搖欲墜
- tottering
- on the verge of collapse
Trad. 蠢蠢欲動
- to begin to stir (idiom)
- to get restless
- to become threatening
Trad. 躍躍欲試
- to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
Trad. 饞涎欲垂
- see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1]
Trad. 饞涎欲滴
- lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
- fig. to hunger for
- greedy
- (idiom) to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
Trad. 頭痛欲裂
- to have a splitting headache (idiom)
Trad. 暢所欲言
- lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic
- to hold forth to one's heart's content
Trad. 欲取姑與
- (idiom) to make concessions for the sake of future gains
- to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
Trad. 欲擒故縱
- In order to capture, one must let loose.
- to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
Trad. 欲益反損
- wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster
- It all ends in tears.
Trad. 欲罷不能
- want to stop but can't (idiom)
- to be unable to stop oneself
- to feel an urge to continue
Trad. 欲蓋彌彰
- trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
- to be so in pain as to not want to live
- to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
Trad. 風雨欲來
- lit. storm clouds approach
- troubles lie ahead (idiom)
Trad. 一逞獸欲
- to give way to one's beastly lust
Trad. 為所欲為
- (idiom) to do whatever one pleases
- to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
- to hunger for
- lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
- fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
- (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
- (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
Trad. 窮奢極欲
- to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
Trad. 震耳欲聾
- ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
Trad. 物慾世界
- the world of material desires (Buddhism)
Trad. 噴薄欲出
- to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
- (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
- lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)
- (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
Trad. 權慾薰心
- obsessed by a craving for power
- power-hungry
Trad. 欲速則不達
- (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed
Trad. 欲速而不達
- see 欲速則不達|欲速则不达[yu4 su4 ze2 bu4 da2]
Trad. 樹欲靜而風不止
- lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)
- fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
Trad. 己所不欲，勿施於人
- What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
- Do as you would be done by.
- Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
Trad. 欲加之罪，何患無辭
- If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
- Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.