欲 望

yùwàng

“Desire” in Chinese is 欲望 (yùwàng).

Meaning

desire; longing; appetite; craving

Example

没有欲望就等于拥有。

Not wanting is the same as having.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yùHSK 611 strokesdesire wàngHSK 311 strokesfull moon

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