Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 願

(bound form) wish; hope; desire
to be willing
to wish (that sth may happen); may ...
vow; pledge

to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled

to have one's wishes fulfilled

to make a wish
to make a vow
to promise a reward

to redeem a vow (to a deity)
to fulfill a promise
votive

to vow

willingness
would rather (agree to X than Y)

to wish

would rather ... (than ...)

aspiration
ambition
to volunteer

vision (of the future)

variant of 宏願／宏愿 (hóngyuàn)

final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)

to have one's wish fulfilled

final wishes of the departed

desire
wish

unwilling

voluntary

willingly

great aspiration
great ambition

to wish
to want
ready
willing (to do sth)

long-cherished wish

desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā)
craving for rebirth

to pray
to pray for sth
to wish sth
prayer
wish

petition (for action to be taken)

variant of 稱願／称愿 (chènyuàn)

long-cherished wish

to appeal
an appeal (law)

a wish
a request (to a deity)

aspiration
wish (for)
desire

if only (sth were possible)
I wish (that)

wished-for
desired

cherished desire
dream
craving
wish
aspiration

unwilling

volunteer

wish list

volunteer

petition

wishing well

volunteer army

voluntary

volunteer soldier
CL:名 (míng)

xīngānqíngyuàn

delighted to (do sth, idiom)
perfectly happy to do
most willing to do

chéngxīnsuǒyuàn

so be it
amen

néngyuàndòngcí

modal verb (e.g. 肯 (kěn), 能 (néng), 會／会 (huì), 要 (yào), 該／该 (gāi), 得 (děi), 願意／愿意 (yuànyì), 可以 (kěyǐ), 可能 (kěnéng), 敢 (gǎn), 應該／应该 (yīnggāi))

shìyǔyuànwéi

things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)

yīxiāngqíngyuàn

one's own wishful thinking

dànyuànrúcǐ

if only it were so
I hope so (idiom)

yuàndǔfúshū

lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose
fig. you bet, you pay

décháng-suǒyuàn

(idiom) to have one's wish fulfilled

fēngguānxǔyuàn

to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance

nǐqíngwǒyuàn

to both be willing
mutual consent

xǔxiàyuànxīn

to express a wish (to a deity)

sùyuàndécháng

to have a long-cherished wish realized

liǎngxiāngqíngyuàn

both sides are willing
by mutual consent

yīxiāngqíngyuàn

one's own wishful thinking

liǎngqíngliǎngyuàn

by mutual consent (north China dialect)

sùyuànyǐcháng

a long-cherished ambition is realized

yuànwénqíxiáng

I'd like to hear the details

liǎngxiāngqíngyuàn

both sides are willing
by mutual consent

gānxīnqíngyuàn

willingly and gladly (idiom)

rúyuànyǐcháng

to have one's wish fulfilled

Dàyuàn Dìzàng Púsà

大愿地藏菩萨

[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

Zhōngguórénmínzhìyuànjūn

中国人民志愿军

[中國人民志願軍]

the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950

tàigōngdiàoyú,yuànzhěshànggōu

太公钓鱼，愿者上钩

[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

Jiāngtàigōngdiàoyú,yuànzhěshànggōu

姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩

[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

zàitiānyuànzuòbǐyìniǎo,zàidìyuànzuòliánlǐzhī

在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝

[在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝]

In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined
wishing for conjugal bliss