"an ideal" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn
天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
志向 zhì xiàng ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration syn
妙处 妙處 miào chù ideal place / suitable location / merit / advantage
理想国 理想國 lǐ xiǎng guó ideal state / utopia
大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
不理想 bù lǐ xiǎng not ideal
上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])
才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers syn
远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn
乘龙快婿 乘龍快婿 chéng lóng kuài xù ideal son-in-law syn
珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 zhū lián bì hé string of pearl and jade (idiom) / ideal combination / perfect pair syn
佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
郎才女貌 láng cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple syn
淡泊明志 dàn bó míng zhì living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom) syn
再好不过 再好不過 zài hǎo bù guò couldn't be better / ideal / wonderful
如意郎君 rú yì láng jūn ideal husband / Mr. Right
男才女貌 nán cái nǚ mào talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
远大理想 遠大理想 yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng lofty ideal
费雪理想指数 Fisher's ideal index
体育运动和奥林匹克理想国际年 體育運動和奧林匹克理想國際年 International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
钱多事少离家近 錢多事少離家近 qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìn lots of money, less work, and close to home / ideal job
蚊子馆 蚊子館 wén zi guǎn (jocular) public building that has been lying idle (and is thus ideal for housing mosquitos) (Tw)
三寸金莲 三寸金蓮 sān cùn jīn lián (historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
忠恕 zhōng shù loyalty and consideration for others / magnanimity (ideal virtues in Confucianism)
志士 zhì shì person committed to a noble cause or ideal syn
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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