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望
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.look/gaze into the distance; look over; face afar
观望
wait and see
眺望
look into the distance from a high place
她喜欢登山远望。
She likes to climb a mountain and gaze far afield.
- 2
v.hope; expect; look forward to
望回信。
Awaiting your reply.
望你们迅速行动起来。
I hope you act quickly.
望准时到会。
Hope to arrive at the meeting on time.
- 3
prep.to; towards
望我点头
nod to me
我望他笑了笑。
I smiled at him.
他望观众挥手致意。
He waves to the spectators.
- 4
v.call on; pay a visit
看望
look in on
探望
call on
拜望
call to pay one's respects
- 5
n.reputation; prestige
声望
popularity
德高望重
be of noble character and high prestige
名望
fame and prestige
- 6
n.plenilune; full moon; lunar phase that occurs on the15th (and sometimes the 16th or 17th) day of a lunar month
- 7
n.streamer sign (of a shop); shop sign
酒望
sign for a tavern
- 8
v.fmlhate; resent; grief; resentment; enmity
怨望
have a grudge against somebody
- 9
v.fml(of one's age) approach; come close/near to
他的望六之年
of his age approaching sixty
Words and phrases with 望
- 望外[word]be out of somebody's expectation
- 望诊[word]inspection
- 望族[word]prominent family
- 望文生训[word]interpret without real understanding
- 望门寡[word]remain unmarried all her life after the death of her betrothed; unmarried woman whose betrothed has passed away
- 望远显微镜[word]telemicroscope
- 望断[word]watch something in the distance until it vanishes
- 望板[word]roof sheathing
- 望子[word]shop sign in the form of a streamer
- 望其项背[idiom]can see somebody's neck and back
- 望穿秋水[idiom]keep looking for somebody or something till one's eyes are strained
- 望子成龙[idiom]have high hopes for one's children
- 望文生义[idiom]interpret without real understanding
- 望眼欲穿[idiom]feel powerless and insignificant in the face of great difficulty
- 望而却步[idiom]flinch
- 望尘莫及[idiom]be left in someone's tracks
- 望梅止渴[idiom]console oneself with false hopes
- 望洋兴叹[idiom]bemoan one's inadequacy in the face of a great task