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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 have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope
HSK 5
to despair / to give up all hope / desperate / desperation
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
hopeful / promising
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
desire; longing; appetite; craving
HSK 7-9
binoculars / telescope / CL: , ,
HSK 7-9
outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
popularity / prestige
HSK 7-9
to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around
HSK 7-9
to visit / to call on sb / to look around
HSK 7-9
to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey
HSK 7-9
to count on; to hope for / prospect; hope
HSK 7-9
an extravagant hope / to have excessive expectations
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
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  *朢* | 朢* | *朢
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of
HSK 7-9
to survey the scene from an elevated position
Cape of Good Hope
(idiom) to enjoy popular support / to receive general approval
renown / prestige
to watch from a height or distance / to keep a lookout
to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
to keep watch
prestige
periscope
to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
expectations / (math) expected value
to look up at / to look up to sb hopefully
can be expected (to) / to be expected (to) / hopefully (happening)
to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at
to look into the distance
as far as the eye can see (idiom)
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior
Wangkui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
to be on the lookout / to keep watch
without hope / hopeless / without prospects
lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred
a gleam of hope
full moon
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
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 .)
binoculars
watchtower / lookout tower
radio telescope
people's expectations
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom) / fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
Battambang
Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田, Hong Kong
family prestige
lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized / fig. endless greed / insatiable desire
Wangmo county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州, Guizhou
Bowang District, a district of Ma'anshan City 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市, Anhui
to gaze afar / to look into the distance
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
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
to place hopes on
to look at one another / to face each other
to gaze at / to stare fixedly at
Wangjiang, a county in Anqing 安慶|安庆, Anhui
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
Wangmo county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州, Guizhou
to look forward to
Wanghua district of Fushun city 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)
to live up to expectations (idiom)
Wangdu county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
to raise one's head and look into the distance / fig. to forward to / to long for
seniority and prestige
(literary) spotless reputation
a full view
great hopes / great expectations
to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
(literary) to gaze into the air
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection
to hope / to wish / hope / wish / (old) name of an official post
prestige; esteem
(idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
to anxiously await
(TCM) observation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom) / fig. to console oneself with illusions
greatly disappointed
the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month
(idiom) in sight but beyond reach; unattainable; inaccessible
to look far ahead / to look forward (to)
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
(idiom) to feel intimidated
the new moon / the first day of the lunar month
to look forward to
to stand on tiptoe looking forward to sb or sth

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