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落花有意，流水無情

简落花有意，流水无情 · 繁落花有意，流水無情

Mandarin · pinyin 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)

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落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
花: huā · flower; blossoms
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
意: yì · thought, idea, opinion; think
流: liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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