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落花有意，流水无情

luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng

9-character word Traditional 落花有意，流水無情

What 落花有意，流水无情 means

1. lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom)
2. fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)

The characters in 落花有意，流水无情

• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition