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| Pronunciation |
: |
yù |
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| Meaning |
: |
- desire. (v)
- want. (v)
- passion; lust; greed. (n)
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| Radical |
: |
欠 |
| Strokes |
: |
11 |
| Traditional |
: |
慾; 欲 ( Stroke Order ) |
| Usage |
: |
10.2% |
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Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
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: |
desire; lust; sexual desire |
| 2. |
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: |
concupiscence; sexual passion |
| 3. |
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: |
drive; erotic feeling; desire |
| 5. |
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|
: |
sexual desire; sexual urge |
Sentences:
| 1. He has a enormous hunger for knowledge. |
| tā |
qiú |
zhī |
yù |
hěn |
qiáng |
。 |
| 他 |
求 |
知 |
欲 |
很 |
强 |
。 |
|
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| 他 |
: |
he |
| 求知 |
: |
seek knowledge |
| 欲 |
: |
desire |
| 很 |
: |
very |
| 强 |
: |
strong |
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| 2. The desire took hold of him. |
| tā |
bèi |
yù |
wàng |
suǒ |
kòng |
zhì |
。 |
| 他 |
被 |
欲 |
望 |
所 |
控 |
制 |
。 |
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|
| 他 |
: |
he |
| 被 |
: |
by |
| 欲望 |
: |
desire |
| 所 |
: |
particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 控制 |
: |
control |
|
| 3. Don’t let children loose in the wild. |
| bú |
yào |
ràng |
hái |
zi |
zài |
wài |
wéi |
suǒ |
yù |
wéi |
。 |
| 不 |
要 |
让 |
孩 |
子 |
在 |
外 |
为 |
所 |
欲 |
为 |
。 |
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| 不要 |
: |
don’t |
| 让 |
: |
let |
| 孩子 |
: |
children |
| 在外 |
: |
at outside |
| 为所欲为 |
: |
to do whatever one pleases |
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| 4. He became aroused by the sexually explicit movie. |
| xìng |
bào |
lù |
diàn |
yǐng |
jī |
qǐ |
le |
tā |
de |
xìng |
yù |
。 |
| 性 |
暴 |
露 |
电 |
影 |
激 |
起 |
了 |
他 |
的 |
性 |
欲 |
。 |
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| 性 |
: |
sex |
| 暴露 |
: |
to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; |
| 电影 |
: |
movie |
| 激起 |
: |
to arouse; to evoke |
| 了 |
: |
particle indicating that something has happened |
| 他的 |
: |
his |
| 性欲 |
: |
sexual desire; sexual urge |
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