"Intention" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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打算 dǎ suàn to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL:個|个[ge4]
意图 yì tú intent / intention / to intend
意向 yì xiàng intention / purpose / intent / inclination / disposition
心眼儿 xīn yǎn r one's thoughts / mind / intention / willingness to accept new ideas / baseless suspicions
用心 yòng xīn motive / intention / to be diligent or attentive / careful
念头 niàn tou thought / idea / intention
心意 xīn yì intention / regard / kindly feelings
用意 yòng yì intention / purpose
心眼 xīn yǎn heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance
心肠 xīn cháng heart / intention / one's inclination / state of mind / to have the heart for sth / mood
意欲 yì yù to intend to / intention / desire
心路 xīn lù scheme / artifice / tolerance / intention / motive / train of thought / brains / wit / ideas
心 xīn heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
心气 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)
意旨 yì zhǐ intent / intention / will
恶意 è yì malice / evil intention
无意 wú yì inadvertent / accidental / to have no intention of (doing sth)
好意 hǎo yì good intention / kindness
初衷 chū zhōng original intention
本意 běn yì original idea / real intention / etymon
原意 yuán yì original meaning / original intention
真意 zhēn yì real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation
有嘴无心 yǒu zuǐ wú xīn to talk without any intention of acting on it / empty prattle
异心坏心 yì xīn huài xīn vicious intention
初心 chū xīn (one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
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