"unfulfilled ambition" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 未竟之志 | unfulfilled ambition |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 野心 | ambition / wild schemes / careerism | ||
| 未遂 | to fail to accomplish / unsuccessful (attempt) / abortive (coup d'état) / attempted (murder, suicide) / unfulfilled (wish) | syn | |
| 心胸 | heart / mind / ambition / aspiration | syn | |
| 志愿 志願 | aspiration / ambition / to volunteer | syn | |
| 抱负 抱負 | aspiration / ambition | syn | |
| 雄心 | great ambition / lofty aspiration | syn | |
| 未了 | unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled | ||
| 志向 | ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration | syn | |
| 志气 志氣 | ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit | syn | |
| 封顶 封頂 | 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 | motivation / ambition | syn | |
| 得志 得誌 | to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success | syn | |
| 事业心 事業心 | devotion to one's work / professional ambition | ||
| 心气 心氣 | intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) | syn | |
| 宏愿 宏願 | great aspiration / great ambition | syn | |
| 企图心 企圖心 | ambition / ambitious | ||
| 远志 遠志 | far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine | syn | |
| 襟 | lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom | syn | |
| 精卫填海 精衛填海 | 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 | |
| 雄图 雄圖 | grandiose plan / great ambition | syn | |
| 虺 | sick / with no ambition | ||
| 人穷志短 人窮志短 | poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition | ||
| 狼子野心 | ambition of wild wolves (idiom) / rapacious designs | ||
| 宿诺 宿諾 | old promises / unfulfilled promises | syn | |
| 夙愿以偿 夙願以償 | a long-cherished ambition is realized | ||
| 浅希近求 淺希近求 | to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition | ||
| 穷当益坚，老当益壮 窮當益堅，老當益壯 | poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age | ||
| 襟抱 | ambition / an aspiration | ||
| 遐志 | lofty ambition / lofty aspiration |