desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to wish for / to desire
desire / longing / appetite / craving
(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires / to do as one pleases
sexual desire / lust
(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
want to stop but can't (idiom) / to be unable to stop oneself / to feel an urge to continue
desire
to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
appetite
to be so in pain as to not want to live / to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
to begin to stir (idiom) / to get restless / to become threatening
drowsy / sleepy (idiom)
tottering / on the verge of collapse
(idiom) to be overcome with grief
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
lust / desire / sensual
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
greed / avarice / rapacious / avid
carnal desire
selfish desire
ear-splitting (idiom) / deafening
desire for knowledge
(idiom) insatiably greedy
lust
burning with desire
to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
(idiom) to make concessions for the sake of future gains
sex-crazed woman
to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
to desire / wants / appetites
ocean of lust (Buddhist term) / worldly desires
(suffix) replete (with moisture) / glistening / plump and tender / lovely / alluring
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
heartbroken / inconsolable
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom) / A cover up only makes matters worse.
to want to say sth but then hesitate
(idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste / things can't be rushed
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