暗恋

暗戀

ànliàn

verb

Meanings

HSK 3

她暗恋班长很久了。

Tā ànliàn bānzhǎng hěn jiǔ le.

She has had a secret crush on the class monitor for a long time.

HSK 7-9

毕业那天，他终于向暗恋了三年的女孩表白了。

Bìyè nà tiān, tā zhōngyú xiàng ànliàn le sān nián de nǚhái biǎobái le.

On graduation day he finally told the girl he had secretly loved for three years how he felt.

memory

暗 means 'dark, hidden', so 暗恋 is love kept in the dark. The person you secretly like is your 暗恋对象; love that is never returned is 单相思.

暗 àn

恋 liàn