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.
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