向往 (嚮往)
xiàng wǎng
Pinyin

Definition

向往 (嚮往)
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xiàng wǎng
  1. to yearn for
  2. to look forward to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

往
wǎng
  1. 1 to go (in a direction)
  2. 2 to
  3. 3 towards
  4. 4 (of a train) bound for
  5. 5 past
  6. 6 previous
往事
wǎng shì
  1. 1 past events
  2. 2 former happenings
往往
wǎng wǎng
  1. 1 usually
  2. 2 in many cases
  3. 3 more often than not
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
交往
jiāo wǎng
  1. 1 to associate (with)
  2. 2 to have contact (with)
  3. 3 to hang out (with)
  4. 4 to date
  5. 5 (interpersonal) relationship
  6. 6 association
  7. 7 contact

Idioms (11)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
往事已矣
wǎng shì yǐ yǐ
  1. 1 the past is dead (idiom)
既往不咎
jì wǎng bù jiù
  1. 1 to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
  2. 2 There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

Sample Sentences

唉，那些没有互联网，朋友间还能拌嘴的日子多令人向往呀！使用搜寻引擎让人不记得一些知识，而是记得如何得到这些信息。
ài ，nàxiē méiyǒu hùliánwǎng ，péngyou jiān hái néng bànzuǐ de rìzi duō lìng rén xiàngwǎng ya ！shǐyòng sōuxún yǐnqíng ràngrén bù jìde yīxiē zhīshi ，érshì jìde rúhé dédào zhèxiē xìnxī 。
Ah, those days without the internet. It makes people so nostalgic to think back to the days when friends could bicker over these things! Using search engines makes people forget their knowledge, and instead just remember how to access this information.
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