汉英词典
MEANING OF 落花有意,流水無情
落花有意,流水無情
(落花有意,流水无情)
(落花有意,流水无情)
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)
The metaphor is that there is affection in this aspect, but unintentional in the other (mostly referring to love between men and women)
《续传灯录.温州龙翔竹庵士珪禅师》"落花有意随流水,流水无情恋落花。"后以"落花有意,流水无情"比喻一方有意﹑一方无情。多指恋爱方面的事。
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我们这些单相思的人,都是“落花有意,流水无情”的受害者,全都受到了爱情的诅咒。 Those of us who fall in love alone. We are the victims of the one-sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. | ||
落花有意随流水。 In the stream were the flowers flowing. | ||
应该感慨时光飞逝,流水无情的是我,而不是安妮。 In fact, the only one who needs to be morose is me, not Annie. |
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