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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
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
hopeful / promising
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
to keep watch
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
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
greatly disappointed
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
hope / to hope / to look forward to
to look at one another / to face each other
to look up at / to look up to sb hopefully
great hopes / great expectations
prestige
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
to survey the scene from an elevated position
to gaze at / to stare fixedly at
to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
people's expectations
to look into the distance
to overlook / to watch from above
to place hopes on
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
prestige; esteem
to live up to expectations (idiom)
to aspire
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
renowned / prestigious / great hopes / expectations
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
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
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
to look at each other
to stand on tiptoe looking forward to sb or sth
without hope / hopeless / without prospects
to peep / to spy on
(literary) spotless reputation
hopeful / promising / prospective
variant of 企望
John / Saint John / less common variant of 約翰|约翰 preferred by the Catholic Church
victory is in sight
to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
a gleam of hope
not living up to expectations (idiom) / failing to inspire confidence among people / unpopular
the new moon / the first day of the lunar month
as far as the eye can see
to eagerly anticipate
can be expected (to) / to be expected (to) / hopefully (happening)
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
to place high hopes
to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
to look forward to
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 .)
family prestige


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