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xiǎng to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
yào to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important
愿意 yuàn to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
需要 yào to need; to want; to demand; to require / needs
to require / to need / to want / necessity / need
通缉 tōng to order the arrest of sb as criminal / to list as wanted
不服 not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to
欲罢不能 néng want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue
干货 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4])
贪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
好色 hào to want sex / given to lust / lecherous / lascivious / horny
痛不欲生 tòng shēng to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
己所不欲,勿施于人 suǒ , shī rén What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
fěi to want to articulate one's thoughts but be unable to
欲加之罪,何患无辞 jiā zhī zuì , huàn If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
搭售 shòu to sell an item only as part of a bundle (thereby forcing consumers to buy goods they do not want); to sell on a tie-in basis
xiān (literary) to want; to desire / (literary) pleased; gratified; happy
放任自流 fàng rèn liú to let sb do whatever they want / to indulge / to give free reins to / to let things slide / to drift aimlessly / laissez-faire
欲言又止 yán yòu zhǐ to want to say sth but then hesitate
不甘后人 gān hòu rén (idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
对了 duì le Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
非要 fēi yào to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
想要 xiǎng yào to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩 Jiāng tài gōng diào , yuàn zhě shàng gōu 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
郑人买履 zhèng rén - mǎi lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea


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