盼望
pàn wàng
Pinyin

Definition

盼望
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pàn wàng
  1. to hope for
  2. to look forward to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

希望
xī wàng
  1. 1 to wish for
  2. 2 to desire
  3. 3 hope
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
仰望
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
企盼
qǐ pàn
  1. 1 to expect
  2. 2 to look forward to
  3. 3 anxious for sth
  4. 4 to hope (to get sth)
失望
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
奢望
shē wàng
  1. 1 an extravagant hope
  2. 2 to have excessive expectations
展望
zhǎn wàng
  1. 1 outlook
  2. 2 prospect
  3. 3 to look ahead
  4. 4 to look forward to
欲望
yù wàng
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 longing
  3. 3 appetite
  4. 4 craving
指望
zhǐ wàng
  1. 1 to hope for sth
  2. 2 to count on
  3. 3 hope
望
wàng
  1. 1 full moon
  2. 2 to hope
  3. 3 to expect
  4. 4 to visit
  5. 5 to gaze (into the distance)
  6. 6 to look towards
  7. 7 towards
期望
qī wàng
  1. 1 to have expectations
  2. 2 to earnestly hope
  3. 3 expectation
  4. 4 hope
期盼
qī pàn
  1. 1 hope and expectation
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 to look forward to
  4. 4 to await expectantly
渴望
kě wàng
  1. 1 to thirst for
  2. 2 to long for
盼
pàn
  1. 1 to hope for
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to expect
盼望
pàn wàng
  1. 1 to hope for
  2. 2 to look forward to
看望
kàn wàng
  1. 1 to visit
  2. 2 to pay a call to
绝望
jué wàng
  1. 1 to despair
  2. 2 to give up all hope
  3. 3 desperate
  4. 4 desperation
声望
shēng wàng
  1. 1 popularity
  2. 2 prestige
愿望
yuàn wàng
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 wish
一望无垠
yī wàng wú yín
  1. 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
yī wàng wú jì
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)

Idioms (20)

一望无垠
yī wàng wú yín
  1. 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
yī wàng wú jì
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
不孚众望
bù fú zhòng wàng
  1. 1 not living up to expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 failing to inspire confidence among people
  3. 3 unpopular
不负众望
bù fù zhòng wàng
  1. 1 to live up to expectations (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
可望而不可即
kě wàng ér bù kě jí
  1. 1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)
  2. 2 inaccessible
  3. 3 also written 可望而不可及[kě wàng ér bù kě jí]
可望而不可及
kě wàng ér bù kě jí
  1. 1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)
  2. 2 inaccessible
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
喜出望外
xǐ chū wàng wài
  1. 1 to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 overjoyed at the turn of events
大喜过望
dà xǐ guò wàng
  1. 1 overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
大旱望云霓
dà hàn wàng yún ní
  1. 1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
守望相助
shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
  1. 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
  2. 2 mutual help and protection
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
  1. 1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
  1. 1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
望尘莫及
wàng chén mò jí
  1. 1 lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
  2. 2 to be far inferior
望女成凤
wàng nu:3 chéng fèng
  1. 1 lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
望子成龙
wàng zǐ chéng lóng
  1. 1 lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life
  2. 2 to have great hopes for one's offspring
  3. 3 to give one's child the best education as a career investment
望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì
  1. 1 lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
  2. 2 a far-fetched interpretation

Sample Sentences

难道你就这么盼望放暑假吗？两个月的假期难道你就一点都不觉得无聊吗？
nándào nǐ jiù zhème pànwàng fàng shǔjià ma ？liǎng ge yuè de jiàqī nándào nǐ jiù yīdiǎn dōu bù juéde wúliáo ma ？
How can you be so excited by the summer holidays? Don't you feel the two month holiday is just a little boring?
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多少心儿盼望，春天的消息。
duōshao xīnér pànwàng ，chūntiān de xiāoxi 。
Countless hopes in our hearts, the news of spring.
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月底了，我最盼望的是发工资。
yuèdǐ le ，wǒ zuì pànwàng de shì fā gōngzī 。
At the end of the month, the thing I long for most is for salaries to be sent out.
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学生也很盼望收到一个录取通知书。
xuésheng yě hěn pànwàng shōudào yī ge lùqǔ tōngzhīshū 。
Students all really long to receive acceptance letters.
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孩子都盼望长大。
háizi dōu pànwàng zhǎngdà 。
Kids all long to grow up.
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盼望
pànwàng
To long for.
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下面呢，就是大家盼望已久的提问时间。首先我们有请这部电影的导演，人称鬼才导演的魏导来回答大家的提问，大家欢迎。
xiàmian ne ，jiùshì dàjiā pànwàng yǐ jiǔ de tíwèn shíjiān 。shǒuxiān wǒmen yǒu qǐng zhè bù diànyǐng de dǎoyǎn ，rénchēng guǐcái dǎoyǎn de Wèi dǎo lái huídá dàjiā de tíwèn ，dàjiā huānyíng 。
Next up, is the question and answer time everyone has been looking forward to for so long. First up, we have the movie's director. Being called an 'unorthodox genius', the director, Mr. Wei, is here to answer everyone's questions. Welcome, everyone.
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