一廂情願
yī​xiāng​qíng​yuàn

wishful thinking

  • created reference approved 一厢情愿/一廂情願 → 一相情愿/一相情願 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一厢情愿 / 一廂情願 yī​xiāng​qíng​yuàn

    一相情愿 / 一相情願 yī​xiāng​qíng​yuàn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一厢情愿/一廂情願 · yī​xiāng​qíng​yuàn · wishful thinking — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一厢情愿 / 一廂情願

    yī​xiāng​qíng​yuàn

    wishful thinking

    one-sided wishful thinking that does not consider the other party's feelings or objective reality

    yì​xiāng​qíng​yuàn

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 厢 (literal) → 厢/廂 · xiāng · side 情愿 (literal) → 情愿/情願 · qíng​yuàn · willing; willingness

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense