向往的生活

嚮往的生活

xiàngwǎngdeshēnghuó

popculture

Meanings

1 Back to Field (Hunan TV variety show, 2017–)
2 literally 'the life one yearns for'

Characters

(possessive/relative particle)

Examples

《向往的生活》让黄磊、何炅去乡下种地做饭。

《Xiàngwǎng de shēnghuó》 ràng Huáng Lěi, Hé Jiǒng qù xiāngxià zhòngdì zuòfàn.

Back to Field sends Huang Lei and He Jiong to the countryside to farm and cook.

这就是我向往的生活。

Zhè jiùshì wǒ xiàngwǎng de shēnghuó.

This is exactly the life I long for.

Tips

culture

Hunan TV's 'slow variety' (慢综艺) flagship: 黄磊 and 何炅 host guests in a rural farmhouse — they grow vegetables, cook meals, and chat. Launched in 2017, partly inspired by Korea's 《三时三餐》 (Three Meals a Day). Credited with kicking off China's slow-variety boom.

grammar

Structure: [verb]的[noun] — a relative clause. 向往的生活 = 'the life [that one] yearns for'. 向往 is the verb 'to yearn for / aspire to', 生活 is 'life'.

Stroke Order

向 xiàng

往 wǎng

的 de

生 shēng

活 huó