lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized; fig. endless greed; insatiable desire
trad. 得隴望蜀
Also written 得隴望蜀【dé Lǒng wàng Shǔ】
Characters in this word
4得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
陇
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short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- Pinyin
- Lǒng
- Traditional
- 隴
- Strokes
- 7
望
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full moon, to hope, to expect, to visit, to gaze (into the distance), to look towards, towards
- Pinyin
- wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4847 of 2500
蜀
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short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province, one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
- Pinyin
- Shǔ
- Strokes
- 13