高尚 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite syn 野心 yě xīn ambition / wild schemes / careerism 高大 gāo dà tall / lofty / towering syn 气概 氣概 qì gài lofty quality / mettle / spirit syn 心胸 xīn xiōng heart / mind / ambition / aspiration syn 志愿 志願 zhì yuàn aspiration / ambition / to volunteer syn 抱负 抱負 bào fù aspiration / ambition syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 神气 神氣 shén qì expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious syn 志向 zhì xiàng ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration syn 志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit syn 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 上进心 上進心 shàng jìn xīn motivation / ambition syn 凌云 凌雲 líng yún (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high syn 突兀 tū wù lofty or towering / sudden or abrupt syn 得志 得誌 dé zhì to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success syn 高远 高遠 gāo yuǎn lofty 高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied syn 巍峨 wēi é lofty / towering / majestic syn 事业心 事業心 shì yè xīn devotion to one's work / professional ambition 心气 心氣 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) syn 峻岭 峻嶺 jùn lǐng lofty mountain range syn 险峰 險峰 xiǎn fēng perilous peak / the lofty heights syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn 峥嵘 崢嶸 zhēng róng towering / lofty and steep (mountains) / extraordinary / outstanding syn 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 傲骨 ào gǔ lofty and unyielding character syn 企图心 企圖心 qǐ tú xīn ambition / ambitious 远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn 轩昂 軒昂 xuān áng high / lofty / elevated / dignified 仁人志士 rén rén zhì shì gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 崔 cuī (literary) (of mountains) lofty 耸 聳 sǒng to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering syn 崴 wēi high, lofty / precipitous syn 崇 chóng high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship syn 襟 jīn lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom syn 岌 jí lofty peak / perilous 精卫填海 精衛填海 jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds syn 崔嵬 cuī wéi stony mound / rocky mountain / lofty / towering syn 雄图 雄圖 xióng tú grandiose plan / great ambition syn 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 矗 chù lofty / upright syn 巍 wēi lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 嵩 sōng (literary) (of mountains) lofty syn 隗 wěi eminent / lofty 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 虺 huī sick / with no ambition 嵯 cuó lofty (as of mountain) 豪情壮志 豪情壯志 háo qíng zhuàng zhì lofty ideals / noble aspirations syn 人穷志短 人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn ambition of wild wolves (idiom) / rapacious designs 未竟之志 wèi jìng zhī zhì unfulfilled ambition 仁人义士 仁人義士 rén rén yì shì those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision 求田问舍 求田問舍 qiú tián wèn shè lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life syn 浅希近求 淺希近求 qiǎn xī jìn qiú to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition 夙愿以偿 夙願以償 sù yuàn yǐ cháng a long-cherished ambition is realized 穷当益坚，老当益壮 窮當益堅，老當益壯 qióng dāng yì jiān , lǎo dāng yì zhuàng poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age 襟抱 jīn bào ambition / an aspiration 嶒 céng lofty / precipitous 崚 léng lofty (as of mountain) 岧 tiáo lofty peak 嶭 è elevated / lofty 崱 zé lofty 崒 zú rocky peaks / lofty and dangerous 峩 é variant of 峨[e2], lofty / name of a mountain 峥巆 崢巆 zhēng yíng lofty (of mountain) / deep (of valley) 岭巆 嶺巆 lǐng yíng lofty (of mountain) / deep (of valley) 巆 yíng see 嶺巆|岭巆[ling3 ying2] and 崢巆|峥巆[zheng1 ying2], lofty (of mountain) / deep (of valley) 硙硙 磑磑 wéi wéi (literary) lofty / towering / also pr. [ai2ai2] 远大理想 遠大理想 yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng lofty ideal 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 壁立千仞 bì lì - qiān rèn (idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep / lofty / imposing 