温情 (wēn qíng) — warmheartedness; tender affection; sentimentality (often with a slightly negative connotation)
Definition
温情 names a gentle, warm feeling of affection (a movie 'full of warmth', a parent's tenderness). It can also mean 'sentimentality' in a slightly negative sense — being too soft to be realistic.
noun
warmheartednesstender affectionsentimentality (often with a slightly negative connotation)
Examples
- 温情，。Zhè bù diàn yǐng chōng mǎn le wēn qíng, ràng rén gǎn dòng.This movie is full of warmth, moving people.
- ，温情。Tā duì hái zi zǒng shì hěn yán lì, hěn shǎo biǎo xiàn chū wēn qíng.He is always very strict with his children, rarely showing tenderness.
- 温情。Zhè zhǒng wēn qíng yǒu shí huì ràng rén jué de bù zhēn shí.This kind of sentimentality sometimes feels unreal.
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