由 怜 生 爱

yóu lián shēng àidictionary entry

to develop love for sb out of pity for them

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Original source entry:

由憐生愛由怜生爱 [you2 lian2 sheng1 ai4] /to develop love for sb out of pity for them/

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Other forms in these source records: 由憐生愛

由
yóu
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
怜
lián
to pity
生
shēng
to grow / to give birth / to produce / to be born / to arise / to occur / to light (a fire) / to live / to be alive / life / raw / uncooked / unprocessed / unfamiliar / strange / (bound form) student / person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life / lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very / intensely (as in 生疼[shēng téng]) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[shēng lā yìng zhuài])
爱
ài
to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen)

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