yearn for love; feel the stirrings of love
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to yearn for love; to feel the first stirrings of love (especially of a young woman)
literaryLiterary term describing the awakening of romantic or sexual feelings, traditionally associated with young women but applicable to any gender. Often used in the compound 思春期 (puberty/adolescence).
Shào少
nǚ女
sī思
chūn春
，
běn本
shì是
rén人
zhī之
cháng常
qíng情
。
It is only human nature for a young girl to yearn for love.
Tā他
zhèng正
chù处
yú于
sī思
chūn春
qī期
，
duì对
yì异
xìng性
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
hào好
qí奇
。
He is going through puberty and is full of curiosity about the opposite sex.
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Zhè这
shǒu首
cí词
xì细
nì腻
de地
miáo描
xiě写
le了
sī思
chūn春
de的
qíng情
huái怀
。
This poem delicately portrays the feelings of yearning for love.