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望子成龍

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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

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
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standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Cangjie
望
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *望* | 望* | *望
11画
to look at, look forward; to hope, expect
0710.4
YBHG
子
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *子* | 子* | *子
3画
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
1740.7
ND
成
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *成* | 成* | *成
6画
completed, finished, fixed
5320.0
IHS
龍
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *龍* | 龍* | *龍
16画
dragon; Kangxi radical 212
龙
0121.1
YBYSP

Word decomposition:

TraditionalEnglish Definition
望子成龍
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
望
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *望* | 望* | *望
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
 子
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
 子
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *子* | 子* | *子
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair"
  成
  Chéng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *成* | 成* | *成
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都
  成
  chéng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *成* | 成* | *成
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
  成龍
Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
  成龍
to succeed in life / to become somebody
   龍
   Lóng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龍* | 龍* | *龍
surname Long
   龍
   lóng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龍* | 龍* | *龍
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur