望
wàng
Pinyin
Definition
望
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- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
望 (朢)
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- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望[wàng]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一望无垠
- 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
- 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望而知
- 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
不孚众望
- 1 not living up to expectations (idiom)
- 2 failing to inspire confidence among people
- 3 unpopular
不负众望
- 1 to live up to expectations (idiom)
Sample Sentences
没问题,希望有机会跟您合作。
Not a problem, I hope we get a chance to do business.
据世卫组织报告,全球新冠肺炎确诊人数已超过127万,病亡人数逾7万。中国工程院院士、著名呼吸病学专家钟南山说:“希望各国都能继续全力投入到疫情防控中去,相信我们终将战胜疫情。”
According to a WHO report, confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 1.27 million, and caused around 70 thousand deaths. Zhong Nan Shan, a fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering and a renowned respiratory expert said, "I hope every country is putting every effort into preventing and controlling the pandemic, and I believe that we will defeat it as last."
中文中的“望梅止渴”和“一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳”也是相同的概念。
In Chinese, "To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums" and "Once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope." have the same concept as well.
六月二十七日望湖楼醉书
A poem written when drunk at Wanghulou on June 27.
望湖楼下水如天。
Wanghulou is clear like the sky
其实长相什么的真的不太重要,我只希望我以后的伴侣能对我诚实。
To be honest, appearance doesn't matter that much. The only thing I hope is that my future partner is honest with me.
特别是自由行更要当心呢,我这段时间一直在加强锻炼,希望到时候高原反应不要太严重!
In particular, we have to be careful on free and easy trips. I have been training hard during this time. I hope by then the altitude sickness will not be too serious!
9.看他东张西望、哈欠连天的样子,肯定是巴不得会议赶紧结束呢。
Seeing his restlessness and incessant yawning, he must be wishing eagerly for the meeting to end.
隔了几日,乐广听闻这位友人病倒的消息,特别登门探望他。在问到病因的时候,友人便将当日饮酒时的情况一五一十地告知了乐广。乐广一听也懵了,回家的路上心想:“我家里哪来的小蛇呢?要是真有蛇的话也非得找出来,要不自己住得也提心吊胆的!”于是一回到家便展开了捕蛇行动。
A few days later, after Yue Guang heard the news that his friend fell ill, he paid a special visit to his place. When asked about the cause, his friend told him exactly what happened on the day when they were drinking. Yue Guang is so confused when hearing this, and started to think while returning back home. "Where did the little snake come from? If there really is a snake, I have to find it, or else I will be in fear of living there. " So as soon as he got home, he started the snake catching operation.
真希望疫情能赶紧过去。
I really hope that the epidemic will pass soon.