Music is his passion.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
情有独钟
to have a special fondness (for sth)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to have a special fondness (for sth)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 情有独钟 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 情有独钟 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Music is her passion.
Music is your passion.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 情有独钟.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 情有独钟.
Directly before
- 音乐情有独钟3
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 情有独钟
What does 情有独钟 mean in Chinese?
情有独钟 (qíngyǒudúzhōng) means to have a special fondness (for sth).
How do you pronounce 情有独钟?
情有独钟 is pronounced qíngyǒudúzhōng.
Is 情有独钟 an HSK word?
情有独钟 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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