"Willing" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gāo xìng happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood
 yuàn yì to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth)
 lè yú willing (to do sth) / to take pleasure in
 yuàn to hope / to wish / to desire / hoped-for / ready / willing
 kěn to agree / to consent / to be ready (to do sth) / willing
 gān sweet / willing
 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied
 shě de to be willing to part with sth
 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do
 gān xīn to be willing to / to resign oneself to
 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom) / not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb
 gān yú to be willing to / to be ready to / to be content with / accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc)
 shàn bà gān xiū to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down
 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 rè xīn cháng warmhearted / willing to help others
 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
 xīn gān to be willing / to be satisfied
 cóng shàn rú liú readily following good advice (idiom) / willing to accept other people's views
 liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn both sides are willing / by mutual consent
 bàn tuī bàn jiù half willing and half unwilling (idiom) / to yield after making a show of resistance
 lè yú zhù rén willing to help others
 liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn both sides are willing / by mutual consent
 xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
 pīn mìng sān láng brave man, willing to risk his life
  coalition of the willing
  coalition of the willing
 nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn to both be willing / mutual consent
 luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
 shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
 sǐ shì person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
 rén qiú person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment
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