Chinese idioms, known as 成语 (Chengyu) are fixed phrases that are mostly composed of 4 Chinese characters. These idioms are an important part of day to day life in China and their meanings are based of the historical texts or stories from which they were created.
Love at first sight!
一见钟情 !
Yí jiàn zhōng qíng!
【 How do we use it? 】
Expample 1
They fell in love at first sight!
他们一见钟情了!
Tāmen yí jiàn zhōngqíng le!
Expample 2
I fell in love with her/him at first sight!
我对她/他一见钟情!
Wǒ duì tā yí jiàn zhōng qíng!
Expample 3
Whenever I hear "一见钟情 yí jiàn zhōng qíng" I always think of the scene in 泰坦尼克号 (Titanic) where Jack meets Rose for the first time.
Jack fell in love with rose at first sight!
Jack 对 Rose一见钟情!
Jack duì Rose yí jiàn zhōng qíng!
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