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HSK
aspiration / ambition / to volunteer
HSK 3
aspiration / wish (for) / desire
HSK 6
cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration
HSK 6
heartfelt wish; inner voice; aspiration
HSK 7-9
aspiration / ambition
HSK 7-9
to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
HSK 7-9
heart / mind / ambition / aspiration
HSK 7-9
ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
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aspiration / ambition / the will
great goal / magnificent aspiration
great ambition / lofty aspiration
swan / person with noble aspirations
lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision
to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气 (TCM)
high aspiration
great aspiration / great ambition
to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of / aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake; memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
lofty ideals / noble aspirations
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
to have no aspirations (idiom) / unambitious
spirit reaches to the rainbow / full of noble aspiration and daring
will / resolution / aspiration
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
lofty ambition / lofty aspiration
(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
aspiration
ambition / an aspiration
to have (aspirations, suspicions etc)
old thoroughbred / fig. aged person with great aspirations
resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads
to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation (idiom)
old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations


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