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HSK
to hope / a hope; a wish (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
desire / wish
HSK 3
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
HSK 4
to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
HSK 4
to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation
HSK 5
to have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope
HSK 5
to thirst for / to long for
HSK 5
to espy / to spot
HSK 6
to hope for; to look forward to
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *望* | 望* | *望
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
HSK 7-9
telescope (CL:); binoculars (CL:)
HSK 7-9
desire; longing; appetite; craving
HSK 7-9
outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
to visit / to call on sb / to look around
HSK 7-9
to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines / to look around; to survey
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
hopeful / promising
HSK 7-9
an extravagant hope / to have excessive expectations
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朢* | 朢* | *朢
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of
HSK 7-9
reputation; prestige; public esteem
HSK 7-9
to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
renowned / prestigious / great hopes / expectations
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
watchtower
to survey the scene from an elevated position
to look forward to
to look far ahead / to look forward (to)
astronomical telescope
reflecting telescope
Wangdu county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
catadioptric telescope
prestige; esteem
periscope
to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
to look up at / to look up to sb hopefully
can be expected (to) / to be expected (to) / hopefully (happening)
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
to look into the distance
Cape of Good Hope
to place high hopes
full moon
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
Wangkui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
to be on the lookout / to keep watch
without hope / hopeless / without prospects
a gleam of hope
choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈 is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎, where 韓|韩 is his surname and 昌黎 is his clan's ancestral prefecture .)
binoculars
watchtower / lookout tower
radio telescope
people's expectations
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田, Hong Kong
to keep watch
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
to place hopes on
to look at one another / to face each other
to gaze at / to stare fixedly at
Wangjiang, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市, Anhui
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Wangmo, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou
Wanghua district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)
(literary) spotless reputation
to live up to expectations (idiom)
Wangdu county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
seniority and prestige
a full view
great hopes / great expectations
to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
(literary) to gaze into the air
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
not living up to expectations (idiom) / failing to inspire confidence among people / unpopular
to anxiously await
lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions
(idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
greatly disappointed
the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month
(idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
(idiom) to feel intimidated
the new moon / the first day of the lunar month
prestige
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation
to call to pay one's respect / to call on
to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view / acute foresight

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