但愿如此 (但願如此)
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
Pinyin

Definition

但愿如此 (但願如此)
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dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. if only it were so
  2. I hope so (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

但
dàn
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 yet
  3. 3 however
  4. 4 only
  5. 5 merely
  6. 6 still
但是
dàn shì
  1. 1 but
  2. 2 however
如
rú
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
如果
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
  2. 2 to share everything
  3. 3 to be on very intimate terms
不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach

Sample Sentences

但愿如此吧，你快准备一下出门吧，雾霾再大也得上班啊。出去之前再问你一个问题，世界上最遥远的距离是什么?
dànyuànrúcǐ ba ，nǐ kuài zhǔnbèi yīxià chūmén ba ，wùmái zài dà yě děi shàngbān ā 。chūqù zhīqián zài wèn nǐ yī gè wèntí ，shìjiè shàng zuì yáoyuǎnde jùlí shì shénme ?
If only it were so. You should hurry up and get ready to leave the house, however heavy the smog is you still have to go to work. Before you go out I'll ask you something else, what is the furthest distance in the world?
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但愿如此。你是顺产的还是剖腹产的？
dànyuànrúcǐ 。nǐ shì shùnchǎn de hái shì pōufù chǎn de ？
I hope so. Did you do natural childbirth, or get a C-section?
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