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HSK
aspiration / ambition / to volunteer
HSK 3
volunteer
HSK 3
will; willpower; determination
HSK 5
magazine / CL: , ,
HSK 3
sign; mark; symbol; logo / to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
HSK 4
comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL: , 個|个
HSK 7-9
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls
to pursue a goal with determination / inspirational; motivational
HSK 7-9
Deutschland; Germany
firm determination
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
emotion / mood
willpower
traffic sign
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
will to fight / fighting spirit
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded
ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit
HSK 7-9
Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
(Tw) a volunteer
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄
great goal / magnificent aspiration
lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom) / fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
Deutsche Bank
to be ambitious
ambitious
ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration
Lexus, luxury vehicle brand of Toyota Motor Corporation
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市
poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition
journal / log (computing)
will / resolution / aspiration
to be determined / to be resolved
free will
to demonstrate one's sincere convictions
consciousness / state of mind / compos mentis
(idiom) single-minded; fully focused
ethnography
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will
fully content with one's achievements (idiom) / complacent
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
local chronicles / district records
to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying
high-spirited and smug
never to be forgotten
to take an oath to do sth / to pledge / to vow
high aspiration
volunteer soldier / CL:
New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社
libertarianism
iconic
to have no aspirations (idiom) / unambitious
high aims
to become demoralized / to lose one's sense of purpose
to write about mysterious or supernatural things
lofty ideals / noble aspirations
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player
Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics
Pinterest (photo-sharing website)
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)
the will to live
blog / weblog / same as 博客
aspiration
Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
having high fighting spirit
Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut
soured by the loss of one's hopes
(idiom) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled
epitaph
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
signal / sign (traffic control etc)
to pay respects to the dead / to mark sb's passing
Shangzhi, a county-level city in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *志* | 志* | *志
aspiration / ambition / the will
to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
to be delirious / to be mentally confused
(literary) to make a mental note; to memorize
inclination / interest
historical record inscribed on tablet
Federal Republic of Germany / former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
to be in a state of delirium
enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug / complacent
voluntarism / metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华, that the essence of the world is willpower
History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)
Silurian system (geology) / see 志留紀|志留纪
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *誌* | 誌* | *誌
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote

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