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HSK
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
emotion / mood
traffic sign
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
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 be ambitious
Lexus, luxury vehicle brand of Toyota Motor Corporation
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
local chronicles / district records
to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying
to take an oath to do sth / to pledge / to vow
high aspiration
to have no aspirations (idiom) / unambitious
high aims
to become demoralized / to lose one's sense of purpose
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
Pinterest (photo-sharing website)
the will to live
blog / weblog / same as 博客
aspiration
soured by the loss of one's hopes
signal / sign (traffic control etc)
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
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
(literary) to make a mental note; to memorize
historical record inscribed on tablet
enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug / complacent
History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *誌* | 誌* | *誌
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
(Tw) (coll.) matter; thing (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tāi-tsì], equivalent to Mandarin 事情)
inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb; memorial inscription on such a tablet
far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
unfulfilled ambition
lofty ambition / lofty aspiration
the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳 growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
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
A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
the will to move mountains / fig. high ambitions
steadfast / with single-minded devotion
general history of a county / county annals
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?
to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success
small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹
Demosistō, a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong, established in 2016
radiation warning symbol
Baozhi, or Pao-chih, Chinese monk (418–514), also known as 保誌|保志 or 誌公|志公
Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功
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


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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