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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 hope for; to look forward to
HSK 6
to espy / to spot
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
to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines / to look around; to survey
HSK 7-9
desire; longing; appetite; craving
HSK 7-9
reputation; prestige; public esteem
HSK 7-9
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *望* | 望* | *望
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of
HSK 7-9
an extravagant hope / to have excessive expectations
HSK 7-9
to visit / to call on sb / to look around
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
hopeful / promising
HSK 7-9
telescope (CL:); binoculars (CL:)
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
Wangan township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
astronomical telescope
catadioptric telescope
Wangkui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
to keep watch
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
to anxiously await
renown / prestige
to return sb's gaze; to meet sb's eyes / to look back (to one's rear) / (fig.) to look back at (the past); to reflect on
refracting telescope
greatly disappointed
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
hope / to hope / to look forward to
reflecting telescope
to look at one another / to face each other
to look up at / to look up to sb hopefully
great hopes / great expectations
Wangjing neighborhood of Beijing
prestige
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
Cape of Good Hope
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
to survey the scene from an elevated position
to gaze at / to stare fixedly at
lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred
to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
(idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
people's expectations
Wangdu county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
full moon
to look into the distance
to overlook / to watch from above
Wangkui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions
to place hopes on
Wanghua district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
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
to be on the lookout / to keep watch
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
(idiom) to feel intimidated
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
prestige; esteem
to live up to expectations (idiom)
(TCM) observation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
watchtower / lookout tower
to aspire
to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month
to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)
renowned / prestigious / great hopes / expectations
lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized / fig. endless greed / insatiable desire
a full view
to expect (often in negative combination, I never expected...) / to look forward to
to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
Battambang
(idiom) to be evident at a glance
to enjoy the confidence of the people / to be very popular
seniority and prestige
to look far ahead / to look forward (to)
to call to pay one's respect / to call on
to look forward to
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
to look at each other
Wangmo, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou
to stand on tiptoe looking forward to sb or sth
without hope / hopeless / without prospects
to peep / to spy on
as far as the eye can see

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