imagine one's love is reciprocated; be self-sentimental
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to be under the illusion that the other party is interested
neutralOften implies a misreading of friendly gestures as romantic interest. Can be used as self-deprecating humor or to describe others' embarrassing assumptions.
Nǐ你
bié别
zì自
zuò作
duō多
qíng情
le了
，
tā她
duì对
nǐ你
gēn根
běn本
méi没
nà那
gè个
yì意
si思
。
Stop imagining she likes you—she's not interested in you at all.
Wǒ我
zhǐ只
shì是
lǐ礼
mào貌
xìng性
de地
duì对
tā他
xiào笑
le了
xiào笑
，
tā他
jiù就
zì自
zuò作
duō多
qíng情
de地
yǐ以
wéi为
wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
tā他
。
I just smiled at him out of politeness, but he self-sentimentally assumed I was interested in him.
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Cháng常
cháng常
zì自
zuò作
duō多
qíng情
de的
rén人
róng容
yì易
zài在
gǎn感
qíng情
zhōng中
shòu受
shāng伤
。
People who often imagine others like them are easily hurt in relationships.