一见钟情 (yī jiàn zhōng qíng)

Character breakdown

• 一 (yī) · 1 strokes

  A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

• 见 (jiàn) · 4 strokes

  Simplified form of 見. Pictograph of a person (儿) using their eye (目) to see (見).

• 钟 (Zhōng) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鐘.

• 情 (qíng) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Usage

他们在巴黎一见钟情，两年后结婚了。

They fell in love at first sight in Paris and got married two years later.

Tāmen zài Bālí yījiànzhōngqíng, liǎng nián hòu jiéhūn le.