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一见钟情

yī jiàn zhōng qíng

4-character word Traditional 一見鍾情

What 一见钟情 means

1. to fall in love at first sight (idiom)

The characters in 一见钟情

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 钟zhōnghandleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition

Example sentences

• 那是一见钟情。
  It was love at first sight.
• 我对她一见钟情。
  Wǒ duì tā yījiànzhōngqíng.
  I fell in love with her at first sight.
• 他对她一见钟情。
  Tā duì tā yī jiàn zhōngqíng.
  He fell in love with her at first sight.
• 她对查尔斯一见钟情。
  She fell in love with Charles at first sight.
• 你对她是不是一见钟情？
  Nǐ duì tā shìbùshì yījiànzhōngqíng?
  Did you fall in love with her at first sight?
• “一见钟情”以及“从一而终”的感情是不切实际的，我们需要的不是这种不切实际而虚幻的感情。
  “ yī jiàn zhōngqíng ” yǐjí “ cóngyī'érzhōng ” de gǎnqíng shì bùqièshíjì de, wǒmen xūyào de bù shì zhèzhǒng bùqièshíjì ér xūhuàn de gǎnqíng.
  The feelings of "love at first sight" and "faithful unto death" are unrealistic; this sort of unrealistic and illusory feeling is not what we need.