"Enthusiasm" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 激情 | jī qíng | passion / fervor / enthusiasm / strong emotion |   |
| 积极性 | jī jí xìng | zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity | |
| 热忱 | rè chén | zeal / enthusiasm / ardor / enthusiastic / warmhearted | |
| 劲头 | jìn tóu | enthusiasm / zeal / vigor / strength | |
| 意兴 | yì xìng | interest / enthusiasm | |
| 劲 |  jìn | strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4] | |
| 热潮 | rè cháo | wave of enthusiasm / craze / upsurge | |
| 追捧 | zhuī pěng | to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth / to embrace / favor / acclaim / adulation / high demand | |
| 透支 | tòu zhī | (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse | |
| 干劲 | gàn jìn | enthusiasm for doing sth | |
| 精神抖擞 | jīng shén dǒu sǒu | spirit trembling with excitement (idiom) / in high spirits / lively and full of enthusiasm / full of energy / con brio | |
| 泼冷水 | pō lěng shuǐ | to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm | |
| 拔苗助长 | bá miáo zhù zhǎng | to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) | |
| 感奋 | gǎn fèn | moved and inspired / fired with enthusiasm | |
| 耶 | ye | final particle indicating enthusiasm etc | |
| 呗 | bei | modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way | |
| 热情洋溢 | rè qíng yáng yì | brimming with enthusiasm (idiom) / full of warmth | |
| 满腔热忱 | mǎn qiāng rè chén | full of enthusiasm | |
| 三分钟热度 | sān fēn zhōng rè dù | brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan | |
| 热炒热卖 | rè chǎo rè mài | lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked / fig. to teach what one has just learned / enthusiasm of the new convert | |
| 学而不厌，诲人不倦 | xué ér bù yàn , huì rén bù juàn | study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects) | |
| 一头热 | yī tóu rè | one-sided enthusiasm (abbr. for 剃頭挑子一頭熱|剃头挑子一头热[ti4 tou2 tiao1 zi5 yi1 tou2 re4]) | |
| 剃头挑子一头热 | tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè | lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.) | |
| 余温 | yú wēn | residual heat / remaining warmth / (fig.) lingering enthusiasm | |
