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一廂情願

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹/
one's own wishful thinking; unilateral willingness; unrequited love
  • 一相情願
  • 一厢情愿
  • 一相情愿
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The term refers to a feeling originating from a single side box, representing unilateral or unrequited desires.
The term refers to a feeling originating from a single side box, representing unilateral or unrequited desires.

Origin

The phrase 一廂情願 refers to one's own wishful thinking, unilateral willingness, or unrequited love. It describes something that originates entirely from a single party's subjective will, regardless of the wishes of others.

The phrase is composed of four characters: 一 (one), 廂 (wing; side room; theater box), 情 (feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood), and 願 (to desire; to want; to wish).

In the character 情, the semantic component is 心 (heart) and the phonetic component is 青 (blue-green; blue; green). The character 願 contains the semantic component 頁 (sheet of paper) and the phonetic component 原 (original; former; primary; prime; virgin). The component 原 contains the components 泉 (springwater) and 厂 (cliff; habitable cave on a cliff). The component 頁 contains the components 首 (head) and 卩 (kneeling person).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

「一廂情願」由「一」、「廂」、「情」、「願」四個字組成。「一」代表數字一；「廂」指側邊的房間、翼或戲院的包廂；「情」指情感、情緒或心境，其字形包含表示心意的「心」字部件，以及作為音符的「青」字；「願」則指渴望、想要或願望，其字形包含「頁」字部件，並以「原」字作為音符。

在字形構成上，「情」字的音符「青」由「生」與「井」組成，而「生」字包含「屮」與「一」；「願」字的音符「原」由「泉」與「厂」組成，其中「泉」字包含「白」與「水」；「頁」字則由「首」與「卩」組成。此外，「青」字亦包含「生」與「井」等部件。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese廂 “wing; side room; theater box”
  • characterChinese情 “feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese願 “to desire; to want: to wish”
    • soundChinese原 “original; former; primary; prime; virgin”
      • ideaChinese泉 “springwater (Classifier: 口 m; 眼 m)”
        • ideaChinese白 “white”
        • ideaChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
      • ideaChinese厂 “cliff; habitable cave on a cliff”
    • meaningChinese頁 “sheet (of paper)”
      • componentChinese首 “head”
      • componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
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Meanings

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  1. one's own wishful thinking; unilateral willingness; unrequited love

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 完全出自單方面的主觀意願，不管對方意願如何。 例：這只不過是他一廂情願的想法，我完全沒有這個意思。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0