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一厢情愿

yī xiāng qíng yuàn

4-character word Traditional 一廂情願

What 一厢情愿 means

1. one's own wishful thinking

The characters in 一厢情愿

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 厢xiāngbox (in theater); side room; side
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿

Sounds the same

Read yī xiāng qíng yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一相情愿one's own wishful thinking