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"aim" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
目的 mù dì purpose / aim / goal / target / objective / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
宗旨 zōng zhǐ objective / aim / goal syn
标的 標的 biāo dì target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn
旨 zhǐ imperial decree / purport / aim / purpose syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
瞄准 瞄準 miáo zhǔn to take aim at / to target
旨在 zhǐ zài to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth) syn
对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn
成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off syn
问鼎 問鼎 wèn dǐng to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc) syn
瞒天过海 瞞天過海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means syn
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn
水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. syn
滴水穿石 dī shuǐ chuān shí dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. syn
瞄 miáo to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at / to glance at syn
好高骛远 好高騖遠 hào gāo wù yuǎn to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high syn
无的放矢 無的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom) / fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
同符合契 tóng fú hé qì same sign, joint aim (idiom) / fig. completely compatible / identical
轗 kǎn to be unable to reach one's aim / to be full of misfortune
刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
达到目的 達到目的 dá dào mù dì to achieve one's aim / to get what one wants
战争目的 war aim
浅希近求 淺希近求 qiǎn xī jìn qiú to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
以失败而告终 以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
跑业务 跑業務 pǎo yè wù (of a salesperson) to visit potential customers with the aim of selling products or services
超前瞄准 超前瞄準 chāo qián miáo zhǔn to aim in front of a moving target
滴水石穿 dī shuǐ shí chuān dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
主要目的 zhǔ yào mù dì main aim / principal goal
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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