向往
xiàng wǎng
Pinyin

Definition

向往
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xiàng wǎng
  1. to yearn for
  2. to look forward to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wǎng
  1. 1 to go (in a direction)
  2. 2 to
  3. 3 towards
  4. 4 (of a train) bound for
  5. 5 past
  6. 6 previous
wǎng shì
  1. 1 past events
  2. 2 former happenings
wǎng wǎng
  1. 1 usually
  2. 2 in many cases
  3. 3 more often than not
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
jiāo wǎng
  1. 1 to associate (with)
  2. 2 to have contact (with)
  3. 3 to hang out (with)
  4. 4 to date
  5. 5 (interpersonal) relationship
  6. 6 association
  7. 7 contact
yǐ wǎng
  1. 1 in the past
  2. 2 formerly
lái wǎng
  1. 1 to come and go
  2. 2 to have dealings with
  3. 3 to be in relation with
qián wǎng
  1. 1 to leave for
  2. 2 to proceed towards
  3. 3 to go
xiàng wǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for
  2. 2 to look forward to
wǎng lái
  1. 1 dealings
  2. 2 contacts
  3. 3 to go back and forth
wǎng qián
  1. 1 to move forwards
wǎng wài
  1. 1 out
  2. 2 outbound
  3. 3 departing
wǎng cháng
  1. 1 usual
  2. 2 customary
wǎng nián
  1. 1 in former years
  2. 2 in previous years
wǎng hòu
  1. 1 from now on
  2. 2 in the future
  3. 3 time to come
wǎng rì
  1. 1 former days
  2. 2 the past
wǎng fǎn
  1. 1 to go back and forth
  2. 2 to go to and fro
  3. 3 round trip
tōng wǎng
  1. 1 to lead to
guò wǎng
  1. 1 to come and go
  2. 2 to have friendly relations with
  3. 3 in the past
  4. 4 previous
kāi wǎng
  1. 1 (of a bus, train etc) to leave for
  2. 2 heading for

Idioms (11)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
  1. 1 to advance courageously (idiom)
  2. 2 to press forward
人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
往事已矣
wǎng shì yǐ yǐ
  1. 1 the past is dead (idiom)
既往不咎
jì wǎng bù jiù
  1. 1 to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
  2. 2 There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
熙来攘往
xī lái rǎng wǎng
  1. 1 a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
独来独往
dú lái dú wǎng
  1. 1 coming and going alone (idiom); a lone operator
  2. 2 keeping to oneself
  3. 3 unsociable
  4. 4 maverick
礼尚往来
lǐ shàng wǎng lái
  1. 1 lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to return politeness for politeness
继往开来
jì wǎng kāi lái
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
迎来送往
yíng lái sòng wǎng
  1. 1 lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests
  2. 2 all time taken over with social niceties
鉴往知来
jiàn wǎng zhī lái
  1. 1 to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come

Sample Sentences

唉,那些没有互联网,朋友间还能拌嘴的日子多令人向往呀!使用搜寻引擎让人不记得一些知识,而是记得如何得到这些信息。
ài ,nàxiē méiyǒu hùliánwǎng ,péngyou jiān hái néng bànzuǐ de rìzi duō lìng rén xiàngwǎng ya !shǐyòng sōuxún yǐnqíng ràngrén bù jìde yīxiē zhīshi ,érshì jìde rúhé dédào zhèxiē xìnxī 。
Ah, those days without the internet. It makes people so nostalgic to think back to the days when friends could bicker over these things! Using search engines makes people forget their knowledge, and instead just remember how to access this information.
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