望而兴叹 (望而興嘆)
wàng ér xīng tàn
Pinyin

Definition

望而兴叹 (望而興嘆)
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wàng ér xīng tàn
  1. to look and sigh
  2. to feel helpless
  3. not knowing what to do

Related Words (20)

xī wàng
  1. 1 to wish for
  2. 2 to desire
  3. 3 hope
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
ér
  1. 1 and
  2. 2 as well as
  3. 3 and so
  4. 4 but (not)
  5. 5 yet (not)
  6. 6 (indicates causal relation)
  7. 7 (indicates change of state)
  8. 8 (indicates contrast)
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
fǎn ér
  1. 1 instead
  2. 2 on the contrary
  3. 3 contrary (to expectations)
yīn ér
  1. 1 therefore
  2. 2 as a result
  3. 3 thus
  4. 4 and as a result, ...

Idioms (20)

一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
  1. 1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一拥而入
yī yōng ér rù
  1. 1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
一望无垠
yī wàng wú yín
  1. 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
yī wàng wú jì
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)