"Longing" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 欲望 | yù wàng | desire / longing / appetite / craving |   |
| 憧憬 | chōng jǐng | to long for / to look forward to / longing / vision for the future | |
| 嫪 |  lào | longing (unrequited passion) | |
| 想念 | xiǎng niàn | to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again | |
| 眷恋 | juàn liàn | to miss / to long for / to remember with longing / yearning | |
| 单相思 | dān xiāng sī | one-sided lovesickness / unrequited longing | |
| 眷眷之心 | juàn juàn zhī xīn | nostalgia / home-sickness / longing for departed beloved | |
| 身在曹营心在汉 | shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn | live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else | |
| 巴不能够 | bā bù néng gòu | avid / eager for / longing for / to look forward to | |
| 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 | lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim | |
