愿

yuàn · yuan

Traditional 願

Meaning

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yuàn 願

  1. (bound form) wish; hope; desire
  2. to be willing
  3. to wish (that sth may happen); may ...
  4. vow; pledge

yuàn 愿

  1. honest and prudent
  2. variant of 願 / 愿 (yuàn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

生(shēng)活(huó)并(bìng)不(bù)总(zǒng)是(shì)如(rú)我(wǒ)们(men)所(suǒ)愿(yuàn)。

Life doesn't always go the way we want it to.

Tatoeba: Chinese by tianblr · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

许(xǔ)个(gè)愿(yuàn),然(rán)后(hòu)吹(chuī)熄(xī)蜡(là)烛(zhú)吧(ba)。

Make a wish and blow out the candles.

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

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