痴情 carries a romantic-tragic flavor, common in TV dramas and song lyrics. Often paired with 一片 ('a stretch / a pure mass of') - 一片痴情 is almost a fixed phrase, suggesting unwavering, slightly hopeless love.
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痴 (foolish / obsessed - as in 白痴 idiot, 书痴 bookworm) + 情 (feeling / love). Literally 'foolish love' - devoted to the point of folly.
