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The Chinese word **如愿 (rúyuàn)** is a compound formed by combining two distinct characters: **如 (rú)**, meaning "like" or "as if," and **愿 (yuàn)**, meaning "wish" or "desire." Together, they create a verb-object structure where 如 acts as the verb "to accord with" and 愿 is the object "wish," literally translating to "to accord with one's wish." This formation exemplifies a common pattern in Chinese where two meaningful components merge to express an abstract concept—in this case, the satisfying fulfillment of a hope or aspiration, as in the phrase **如愿以偿 (rú yuàn yǐ cháng)**, "to have one's wish fulfilled."