"Longing" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yù wàng desire / longing / appetite / craving
 chōng jǐng to long for / to look forward to / longing / vision for the future
 lào longing (unrequited passion)
 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
 juàn liàn to miss / to long for / to remember with longing / yearning
 dān xiāng sī one-sided lovesickness / unrequited longing
 juàn juàn zhī xīn nostalgia / home-sickness / longing for departed beloved
 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
 bā bù néng gòu avid / eager for / longing for / to look forward to
退 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
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