野心
yě xīn
Pinyin

Definition

野心
 - 
yě xīn
  1. ambition
  2. wild schemes
  3. careerism

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伤心
shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
内心
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
小心
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 classifier: 颗 kē
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
心得
xīn dé
  1. 1 what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)
  2. 2 knowledge
  3. 3 insight
  4. 4 understanding
  5. 5 tips
  6. 6 classifier: 项 xiàng
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left

Sample Sentences

大老板多半都是很有野心的人。
dà lǎobǎn duō bàn dōu shì hěnyǒu yěxīn de rén 。
Most bosses are very ambitious.
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有野心
yǒu yěxīn
ambitious (leaning more towards "wild" and out of the box thinking)
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谢谢王总。不过，我也没什么野心。安安稳稳地过日子，对得起自己，也就好了。
xièxie Wáng zǒng 。bùguò ，wǒ yě méi shénme yěxīn 。ānānwěnwěn de guò rìzi ，duìdeqǐ zìjǐ ，yě jiù hǎo le 。
Thank you, Manager Wang. But I’m not really that ambitious. If I can live in a peaceful, stable way, and face myself in the mirror, that’ll be fine.
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有野心
yǒu yěxīn
ambitious
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他是一个有野心的人。
tā shì yī gè yǒu yěxīn de rén 。
He is an ambitious person.
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没有野心
méiyǒu yěxīn
unambitious
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我没什么野心。我只要一份稳定的工作。
wǒ méi shénme yěxīn 。wǒ zhǐ yào yī fèn wěndìng de gōngzuò 。
I'm not too ambitious. I just want a stable job.
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这些都不是问题，关键要看有没有野心。你看，如果那边房子买好，以后移民，子女上学什么的就容易多了，拿绿卡也是早晚的事。
zhèxiē dōu bùshì wèntí ，guānjiàn yào kàn yǒumeiyǒu yěxīn 。nǐ kàn ，rúguǒ nàbiān fángzi mǎi hǎo ，yǐhòu yímín ，zǐnǚ shàngxué shénme de jiù róngyì duō le ，ná lǜkǎ yě shì zǎowǎn de shì 。
These aren't issues. The key of the matter is whether or not you have ambition. You see, if you buy a place, then immigration or your child going to school there is much easier. Getting a green card is just a matter of time.
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有野心
yǒu yěxīn
To have ambition.
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野心
yěxīn
Ambition.
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