| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of |  |
| 看中 | kàn zhòng | to have a preference for / to fancy / to choose after consideration / to settle on |  |
| 花俏 | huā qiào | fancy / gaudy | |
| 花巧 | huā qiǎo | fancy | |
| 看得中 | kàn de zhòng | to take a liking for / to fancy | |
| 看上 | kàn shàng | to look upon / to take a fancy to / to fall for | |
| 中意 | zhòng yì | to take one's fancy / to be to one's liking | |
| 胡思乱想 | hú sī luàn xiǎng | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild | |
| 脚踏实地 | jiǎo tà shí dì | to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character | |
| 花招 | huā zhāo | trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish | |
| 堆砌 | duī qì | lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric | |
| 遐思 | xiá sī | to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts | |
| 亏得 | kuī de | fortunately / luckily / (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate! | |
| 花呢 | huā ní | fancy suiting | |
| 花拳绣腿 | huā quán xiù tuǐ | flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery | |
| 嬉笑怒骂 | xī xiào nù mà | lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy | |
| 投其所好 | tóu qí suǒ hào | to adapt to sb's taste / to fit sb's fancy | |
| 逍遥自得 | xiāo yáo zì dé | doing as one pleases (idiom) / foot-loose and fancy free | |
| 丰俭由人 | fēng jiǎn yóu rén | fancy or simple according to sb's budget (idiom) | |
| 丰俭由人 | fēng jiǎn - yóu rén | fancy or simple according to one's budget | |
