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The character for love or romantic attachment, originally written as "戀" in its traditional form, reveals its conceptual foundations through its construction, which combines elements suggesting speech or words, threads or entanglement, and the heart. This structure implies a state where the heart is entwined with thoughts and words directed toward another, conceptually linking love to a form of binding attachment or persistent longing. Over time, the core meaning consolidated around a focused sense of deep affection and yearning, typically of a romantic nature, moving away from broader connotations of attachment. The modern simplified form "恋" retains the heart component below but streamlines the complex upper structure, preserving the essential concept while altering the visual connection to its original etymological parts.
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我喜欢恋爱。
他暗恋着她。
我刚刚失恋。
她非常恋家。
他们恋爱三年了。
我对故乡充满留恋。
暗恋是一种甜蜜的痛苦。
即使失恋了，也要相信爱情。