38 results for 望*

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  1. full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards

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望远镜wàng yuǎn jìng

telescope (CL:部[bu4]); binoculars (CL:副[fu4])

望京Wàng jīng

Wangjing neighborhood of Beijing

望城Wàng chéng

see 望城區|望城区[Wang4 cheng2 Qu1]

望奎Wàng kuí

see 望奎縣|望奎县[Wang4 kui2 Xian4]

望族wàng zú

distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old)

望日wàng rì

the full moon; the fifteenth day of each lunar month

望月wàng yuè

full moon

望楼wàng lóu

watchtower; lookout tower

望江Wàng jiāng

see 望江縣|望江县[Wang4 jiang1 Xian4]

望洋wàng yáng

(literary) to gaze into the air

望花Wàng huā

see 望花區|望花区[Wang4 hua1 Qu1]

望见wàng jiàn

to espy; to spot

望诊wàng zhěn

(TCM) observation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]

望谟Wàng mó

see 望謨縣|望谟县[Wang4 mo2 Xian4]

望都Wàng dū

see 望都縣|望都县[Wang4 du1 Xian4]

望风wàng fēng

to be on the lookout; to keep watch

望城区Wàng chéng Qū

Wangcheng, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan

望夫石Wàng fū Shí

Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田[Sha1 tian2], Hong Kong

望奎县Wàng kuí Xiàn

Wangkui, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang

望江县Wàng jiāng Xiàn

Wangjiang, a county in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4], Anhui

望花区Wàng huā Qū

Wanghua, a district of Fushun City 撫順市|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning

望谟县Wàng mó Xiàn

Wangmo, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou

望都县Wàng dū Xiàn

Wangdu, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei

望子成龙wàng zǐ chéng lóng

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

望女成凤wàng nǚ chéng fèng

lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom); fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life

望尘莫及wàng chén mò jí

lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom); to be far inferior

望文生义wàng wén shēng yì

lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning; a far-fetched interpretation

望梅止渴wàng méi zhǐ kě

lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom); fig. to console oneself with illusions

望洋兴叹wàng yáng xīng tàn

(lit.) to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom); (fig.) to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)

望眼欲穿wàng yǎn yù chuān

to anxiously await

望而兴叹wàng ér xīng tàn

to sigh (in dismay, admiration etc)

望而却步wàng ér què bù

(lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom); (fig.) to be deterred

望而生畏wàng ér shēng wèi

(idiom) to feel intimidated

望远镜座Wàng yuǎn jìng zuò

Telescopium (constellation)

望风捕影wàng fēng bǔ yǐng

see 捕風捉影|捕风捉影[bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3]

望风而逃wàng fēng ér táo

to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)

望远瞄准镜wàng yuǎn miáo zhǔn jìng

telescopic sight; scope (on a rifle)