但愿

dàn yuàn · dan yuan

Traditional 但願

Meaning

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  1. if only (sth were possible)
  2. I wish (that)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

但(dàn)愿(yuàn)我(wǒ)们(men)赢(yíng)了(le)这(zhè)场(chǎng)比(bǐ)赛(sài)就(jiù)好(hǎo)了(le)。

I wish we had won the game.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

但(dàn)愿(yuàn)你(nǐ)那(nà)时(shí)候(hou)就(jiù)告(gào)诉(sù)我(wǒ)真(zhēn)相(xiàng)。

I wish you had told me the truth then.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CC · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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