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愿望

yuàn wàng · yuan wang

Traditional 願望

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. desire
  2. wish
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A shooting star

  1. Dengdeng

    看(kàn)，流星(liúxīng)！快(kuài)许愿(xǔyuàn)！

    Look, a shooting star! Quick, make a wish!

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)愿望(yuànwàng)是(shì)……流星(liúxīng)飞走(fēizǒu)了(le)。

    My wish is... the star is gone.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)愿望(yuànwàng)是(shì)什么(shénme)？

    What was your wish?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)愿望(yuànwàng)是(shì)再(zài)看到(kàndào)一颗(yīkē)流星(liúxīng)！

    My wish was to see another shooting star!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)吃(chī)甜(tián)点(diǎn)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)，去(qù)那(nà)个(ge)国(guó)家(jiā)旅(lǚ)游(yóu)的(de)愿(yuàn)望(wàng)更(gèng)强(qiáng)烈(liè)了(le)。

While eating dessert, our desire to travel to that country grew stronger.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

萨(sà)米(mǐ)有(yǒu)一(yí)个(gè)长(cháng)长(cháng)的(de)新(xīn)年(nián)愿(yuàn)望(wàng)清(qīng)单(dān)。

Sami has a huge list of New Year's resolutions.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Leolaaziano · English by OsoHombre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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愿
yuàn

(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing

望
wàng

full moon; to hope

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