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钟情 (zhōng qíng) — to be deeply in love (with someone); to fall in love; to have a strong passion for (art, literature, etc.)

Definition

钟情 (zhōngqíng) means to fall deeply in love with someone, or to be passionately devoted to something (an art, an idea). Written and literary in tone, often used with 于 or 于…之上.

verb
to be deeply in love (with someone)to fall in loveto have a strong passion for (art, literature, etc.)

Examples

  • 钟情。
    Tā dì yī cì jiàn dào tā jiù zhōng qíng le.
    He fell deeply in love with her the first time he saw her.
  • 。
    Tā yì shēng zhī zhōng guò yí cì qíng.
    She has only fallen in love once in her life.
  • 钟情。
    Zhè wèi huà jiā tè bié zhōng qíng yú shān shuǐ huà.
    This painter has a particular passion for landscape painting.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

钟zhōngconcentrate
情qíngfeeling

To concentrate (钟) one's feeling (情) on someone is to fall deeply in love.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

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Emotions & FeelingsRomance & Marriage

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