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有情人终成眷属

yǒu qíng rén zhōng chéng juàn shǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
love will find a way (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

有情人終成眷屬 有情人终成眷属 [you3 qing2 ren2 zhong1 cheng2 juan4 shu3] /love will find a way (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 有情人終成眷屬

  • 有
    yǒu

    to have / there is / (bound form) having / with / -ful / -ed / -al (as in 有意[yǒu yì] intentional)

  • 情
    qíng

    (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition

  • 人
  • 终
    zhōng

    end / finish

  • 成
    chéng

    to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

    Chéng

    surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]

  • 眷
    juàn

    (bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children / (literary) to regard with love and affection / to feel concern for / (literary) to regard with love and affection / to feel concern for (variant of 眷[juàn])

  • 属
    shǔ

    category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute

    zhǔ

    to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.