unrequited love; one-sided love
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to have unrequited love for someone; to love someone who does not love you back
neutralThis term specifically describes the emotional state of the person whose love is not reciprocated. It is a neutral to slightly formal term for a common experience.
Tā他
dān单
liàn恋
tā他
de的
gāo高
zhōng中
tóng同
xué学
hěn很
duō多
nián年
le了
，
yī一
zhí直
méi没
gǎn敢
biǎo表
bái白
。
He has had unrequited love for his high school classmate for many years and has never dared to confess.
Zài在
nà那
xiē些
shī诗
gē歌
lǐ里
，
tā他
shū抒
fā发
le了
dān单
liàn恋
de的
tòng痛
kǔ苦
hé和
gū孤
dú独
。
In those poems, he expressed the pain and loneliness of unrequited love.
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Dān单
liàn恋
shì是
kǔ苦
sè涩
de的
，
dàn但
nǐ你
yě也
yào要
xué学
huì会
xiàng向
qián前
kàn看
。
Unrequited love is bitter, but you also need to learn to move forward.
Tā她
zuì最
zhōng终
fàng放
xià下
le了
nà那
duàn段
cháng长
dá达
wǔ五
nián年
de的
dān单
liàn恋
。
She finally let go of that five-year-long unrequited love.