Vocabulary 1-1 爱: Love

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爱着你，像心跳，难触摸；
画着你，画不出你的骨骼；
Hi, fellows, welcome back.
Today we are going to build your vocabulary with this word, love, 爱. Alphabetically, this is the very first word in HSK 1, so it’s a good start to build your vocabulary with love.
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Please find the following words, synonyms and antonyms mentioned in this episode.
For its first meaning, to love, here are the derived words.
爱情, romantic love.
爱心, compassion.
母爱, maternal love.
疼爱, to love dearly.
博爱, universal love.
The synonym in this case is 恋, or 迷恋, be enamored of, 迷恋, another word used to describe the intense feeling.
And the antonym is 恨, hate, 恨.
For the 2nd meaning, to enjoy.
喜爱, to like.
钟爱, to be fond of.
偏爱, preference, or to favor.
And the synonym in such a case is 喜欢, to like,
Antonym, 讨厌 to dislike.
And for its 3rd meaning, here are some examples.
他爱哭. He cries a lot.
铁爱生锈. Iron rusts easily.
他爱开玩笑. He is a joker.
And some fixed uses.
爱护荣誉 is to honor and cherish.
爱大自然, to preserve the nature, to protect the environment.
Make sure you listen to the episode a few time for you digest the content better, and I will see you in the next one.