遗愿

• Pinyin: yí yuàn
• Desglose de hanzi: 遗 = 辶 + 贵 (movement + precious — left behind); 愿 = 原 + 心 (origin/source + heart — a wish arising from the heart)

Significado

Último deseo; deseo póstumo.

Refers to the wishes, hopes, or aspirations that a person expressed before death but did not live to see realised. Carries solemn emotional weight. Often motivates survivors to act on behalf of the deceased. Distinct from 遗嘱 (will — a legal document) and 遗言 (last words). Common in eulogy speeches, biographical writing, and patriotic narratives.

Ejemplos

1. 完成父亲的遗愿，将这部未竟的学术著作整理出版，成为她此后十年最重要的人生使命。
2. 革命先烈们的遗愿是建立一个独立自主、繁荣富强的国家，如今的成就是对他们最好的告慰。
3. 这位老将军临终前的遗愿只有一个：希望在有生之年能够亲眼看到失散多年的战友的后人。

Guía de uso

Contexto: eulogy, biography, patriotic, family

Tono: solemn

Correcto

• 这位著名作曲家在病榻上留下遗愿，希望将自己毕生创作的乐谱手稿全部捐赠给国家音乐学院图书馆，以供后来的研究者和演奏者自由取用。(Lying on his sickbed, this renowned composer left behind a dying wish that all the manuscript scores he had created throughout his lifetime be donated to the national conservatory library, for future researchers and performers to access freely.)
• 接手父辈企业的第二代经营者表示，将秉持创始人的遗愿，坚守实业、拒绝资本化运作，把这家历经五十年风雨的制造企业一代代传承下去。(The second-generation operators who took over the family business stated that they would uphold the founder's dying wish — adhering to manufacturing and rejecting financialisation — and pass down this company, which had weathered fifty years of vicissitudes, from generation to generation.)

Incorrecto

• 他的遗愿是想吃一碗面 — 遗愿 carries solemn weight as a final, deeply held aspiration; trivial preferences at the end of life are better described as 最后的心愿 or 临终前想 in a lighter register

Origen e historia

遗 (left behind by the deceased) + 愿 (wish/aspiration — 原 source/origin + 心 heart, a heartfelt wish)

Contexto cultural

Época: Modern

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal