遐志 xiá zhì lofty ambition / lofty aspiration 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn 来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace 来无影，去无踪 來無影，去無蹤 lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and go without a trace 素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice 志愿 志願 zhì yuàn aspiration / ambition / to volunteer syn 野心 yě xīn ambition / wild schemes / careerism 心胸 xīn xiōng heart / mind / ambition / aspiration syn 抱负 抱負 bào fù aspiration / ambition 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) 志向 zhì xiàng ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration syn 事业心 事業心 shì yè xīn devotion to one's work / professional ambition 上进心 上進心 shàng jìn xīn motivation / ambition syn 志气 志氣 zhì qì ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit syn 得志 得誌 dé zhì to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success syn 企图心 企圖心 qǐ tú xīn ambition / ambitious 心气 心氣 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 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 雄图 雄圖 xióng tú grandiose plan / great ambition 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 虺 huī sick / with no ambition 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 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 偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge 直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn 无望 無望 wú wàng without hope / hopeless / without prospects 径自 徑自 jìng zì without leave / without consulting anyone syn 平添 píng tiān to add or gain sth without additional effort / to add sth without good cause syn 不劳而获 不勞而獲 bù láo ér huò (idiom) to reap without sowing / to get sth without working for it / to sponge off others syn 顺产 順產 shùn chǎn to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation) 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 裸机 裸機 luǒ jī hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription 不打自招 bù dǎ zì zhāo to confess without being pressed / to make a confession without duress syn 并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict 食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn 师出无名 師出無名 shī chū wú míng lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification syn 不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention / without noticing / unconsciously / inadvertently 巧妇难为无米之炊 巧婦難為無米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom) / You won't get anywhere without equipment. 殒身不恤 殞身不恤 yǔn shēn bù xù to die without regrets (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself without hesitation 没头没脸 沒頭沒臉 méi tóu méi liǎn lit. without head, without face (idiom) / fig. frenzily / haphazardly 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 无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire 一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company) 学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng , sī ér bù xué zé dài To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) 空穴来风未必无因 空穴來風未必無因 kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn wind does not come from an empty cave without reason / there's no smoke without fire (idiom) 马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富 mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom) 缠绵不已 纏綿不已 chán mián bù yǐ to cling without letting go / to pester without end / to cling lovingly to each other 崽卖爷田不心疼 崽賣爺田不心疼 zǎi mài yé tián bù xīn téng lit. the child sells the father's farm without regret (idiom) / fig. to sell one's inheritance without a second thought for how hard one's forebears worked for it 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed 光杆司令 光桿司令 guāng gǎn sī lìng commander without any soldiers / (fig.) leader without a team / solo entrepreneur syn 博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì - mǎi lǘ (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point 白嫖 bái piáo to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying 高大 gāo dà tall / lofty / towering syn 高尚 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite syn 神气 神氣 shén qì expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious syn 凌云 凌雲 líng yún (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high syn 气概 氣概 qì gài lofty quality / mettle / spirit syn 万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn 突兀 tū wù lofty or towering / sudden or abrupt syn 巍峨 wēi é lofty / towering / majestic syn 高远 高遠 gāo yuǎn lofty 高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied 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 峻岭 峻嶺 jùn lǐng lofty mountain range syn 险峰 險峰 xiǎn fēng perilous peak / the lofty heights 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 崔嵬 cuī wéi stony mound / rocky mountain / lofty / towering syn 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 崇 chóng high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship syn 耸 聳 sǒng to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering syn 崔 cuī (literary) (of mountains) lofty 矗 chù lofty / upright syn 巍 wēi lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 嵩 sōng (literary) (of mountains) lofty syn 岌 jí lofty peak / perilous 崴 wēi high, lofty / precipitous syn 隗 wěi eminent / lofty 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 嵯 cuó lofty (as of mountain) 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 豪情壮志 豪情壯志 háo qíng zhuàng zhì lofty ideals / noble aspirations syn 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) 