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  *期* | 期* | *期
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
HSK 3
to hope / a hope; a wish (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
HSK 4
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  *愿* | 愿* | *愿
(bound form) wish; hope; desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen); may ... / vow; pledge
HSK 5
to have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope
HSK 5
to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation
HSK 5
to hope for; to look forward to
HSK 6
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
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  *盼* | 盼* | *盼
to hope for / to long for / to expect
HSK 7-9
to entrust (to sb) / to place (one's hope, energy etc) in / a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
HSK 7-9
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  *望* | 望* | *望
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
HSK 7-9
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
to be shattered / to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
HSK 7-9
opportunity to live; hope of success / vigor; vitality
HSK 7-9
to bid farewell / to part (usually with little hope of meeting again)
HSK 7-9
an extravagant hope / to have excessive expectations
HSK 7-9
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  *偿* | 偿* | *偿
to repay / to compensate for / to recompense / to fulfill (hopes etc)
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  *燃* | 燃* | *燃
to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)
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  *冀* | 冀* | *冀
(literary) to hope for
Heping District of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning / Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县, Taiwan
in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
(literary) to hope
to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
great hopes / great expectations
to place (hope, importance etc) on / to express; to show; to give
Cape of Good Hope
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) / Hope to see you again.
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
consigned to eternal damnation / with no hope of reprieve
to hope / to expect / expectation(s)
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  *希* | 希* | *希
to hope / to admire / variant of
(idiom) a chance of survival; a fighting chance; a ray of hope
to expect / to look forward to / anxious for sth / to hope (to get sth)
to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled
to hope to reach; to strive for
to place hopes on
every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
earnest / ardent (hope etc)
hopes / good prospects
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
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
to fail / to come to nothing / to fall through (of plans, hopes) / to lie
lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
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  *跂* | 跂* | *跂
to climb / to hope
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  *悕* | 悕* | *悕
(literary) to wish / to hope / sad / sorrowful
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous
renowned / prestigious / great hopes / expectations
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
hope / to hope / to look forward to
(coll.) idea / hope
target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
to hold (expectations, hopes etc) / to maintain (an attitude etc) / to harbor (doubts etc) / to clinch (boxing)
no way out / nowhere to go / trapped beyond hope of rescue / painted into a corner
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
without hope / hopeless / without prospects
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
a gleam of hope
hopes are dashed
hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
if only it were so / I hope so (idiom)
an extravagant hope / to have unrealistic expectations
out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴
soured by the loss of one's hopes
to place high hopes
(literary) similar; almost / (literary) if only; it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe; perhaps
(literary) to hope for; to wish
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel


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