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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
xiǎng
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
seung2
Short definition to wish
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions to believeCdict iconMDBG icon / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)MDBG icon / to supposeCdict iconMDBG icon / to wantCdict iconMDBG icon / to wishCdict iconMDBG icon / to thinkCdict iconMDBG icon / wish toAdso icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: wish to
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss; Guess; opine; ween
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss'
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汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
知道(zhī dào) to know
玛丽(mǎ lì) Mary or Marie (name)
(xiǎng) to wish
让他( ràng tā)
(gēn) heel
自己(zì jǐ) herself
(qù) to get rid of
波士顿(bō shì dùn) Boston, capital of Massachusetts

Tom knew that Mary wanted him to go to Boston with her.

我们( men) us
(xiǎng) to wish
(tā) she

We missed her.

(wǒ) I
只是(zhǐ shì) merely to be
(xiǎng) to wish
试着(shì zhe) (coll.) to try to
快乐的( kuài lè de) gayer
生活(shēng huó) life
而已(ér yǐ) and that is all

I'm just trying to live a happy life, that's all.

自大狂(zì dà kuáng zì dài kuáng) egomania
(hé) with
自恋(zì liàn) narcism
(kuáng) wild
(dedì) of
分别(fēn bié) difference
在于(zài yú) to be in
自大狂(zì dà kuáng zì dài kuáng) egomania
渴望(kě wàng) desire
能够(néng gòu) can
手握(shǒuwò) to have in one's possession
大权(dà quán) power
(zōu) ,
受人(shòurén)
敬畏(jìng wèi) to revere
(ér) with
自恋(zì liàn) narcism
(kuáng) wild
(què) yet
比较(bǐ jiào) quite
(xiǎng) to wish
拥有(yōng yǒu) to have
魅力(mèi lì) glamor
(zōu) ,
得到(dé dào) to get
爱戴(ài dài) Aidai
许多(xǔ duō) many
疯子(fēng zi) bedlamite
(hé) with
历史上的(lì shǐ shàng) historical
伟人(wěi rén) great person
(dū) all
属于(shǔ yú) to belong to
前者(qián zhě) the former

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

(wǒ) I
可不(kěbù)
(xiǎng) to wish
卷入(juǎn rù) to be involved in
这场( zhè chǎng)
纷争(fēn zhēng) struggle
中去( zhōng qù)

I don't want to be involved in this affair.

每天(měi tiān) every day
晚上(wǎn shang) night
都不(dōubù)
(xiǎng) to wish
睡觉(shuì jiào) to go to bed

I do not feel like sleeping every night.

头发(tóufǎ) hair
(xiǎng) to wish
怎么(zěn me) how
(nòng) to do

What kind of hair style would you like?

(tā) she
(zǒng) generally
(shì) is
(ràng) to yield
自己的(zì jǐ de) one's own
小孩(xiǎo hái) child
做自己( zuò zì jǐ) to be oneself
(xiǎng) to wish
做的(zuòde)
(shì) item

She always lets her children do what they want to.

(wǒ) I
(mǎ) surname Ma
(shàng) upper
(xiǎng) to wish
到了(dào le dào liǎo) finally
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)

I immediately thought of you!

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