yí yuàn
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  • n.unfulfilled wish of the deceased

    • shí xiàn sǐ zhě yí yuàn

      实现死者遗愿

      carry out the deceased's dying wish

    • wéi bèi yí yuàn

      违背遗愿

      go against somebody's last request

    • lín zhōng yí yuàn

      临终遗愿

      last wish

    • bǎ zhè zhuàng fáng zi miàn xiàng gōng zhòng kāi fàng shì tā de lín zhōng yí yuàn

      房子面向公众开放临终遗愿

      It was his dying wish that the house be opened to the public.

    • tā de yí yuàn shì bǎ tā ān zàng zài jiā xiāng sà mò sāi tè jùn fù jìn de jiào táng lǐ

      遗愿安葬家乡萨默塞特附近教堂

      His dying wish was to be laid to rest at the church near his Somerset home.

Word usage

  • "遗愿" is often matched with measure word "个"or"些".
    • 遗愿

      one last wish

    • 遗愿

      some of the last wishes