落花有意，流水無情

See also: 落花有意，流水无情

Chinese

		fallen flower petals; falling blossoms	to have a mind to; to be intentional; to have romantic interest in to have a mind to; to be intentional; to have romantic interest in; to be attached to		flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water	to be merciless; to be ruthless; to be heartless
trad. (落花有意，流水無情)		落花	有意	，	流水	無情
simp. (落花有意，流水无情)		落花	有意	，	流水	无情
Literally: “the flower that falls (into the stream) has the desire, but the stream has no feelings (for the flower)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòhuā yǒuyì, liúshuǐ wúqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ , ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòhuā yǒuyì, liúshuǐ wúqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧˋ , ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòhua yǒuyì, lióushuěi wúcíng
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-hua¹ yu³-i⁴, liu²-shui³ wu²-chʻing²
    • Yale: lwò-hwā yǒu-yì-, lyóu-shwěi wú-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhua yeouyih, lioushoei wuchyng
    • Palladius: лохуа юи, люшуй уцин (loxua jui, ljušuj ucin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/

Idiom

落花有意，流水無情

1. An idiom describing unrequited love.