得陇望蜀
dé Lǒng wàng Shǔ
Pinyin

Definition

得陇望蜀
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dé Lǒng wàng Shǔ
  1. lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized
  2. fig. endless greed
  3. insatiable desire

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xī wàng
  1. 1 to wish for
  2. 2 to desire
  3. 3 hope
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
dé dào
  1. 1 to get
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to receive
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel
jì de
  1. 1 to remember
bù dé bù
  1. 1 have no choice or option but to
  2. 2 cannot but
  3. 3 have to
  4. 4 can't help it
  5. 5 can't avoid
bù dé liǎo
  1. 1 desperately serious
  2. 2 disastrous
  3. 3 extremely
  4. 4 exceedingly
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
shǐ de
  1. 1 usable
  2. 2 workable
  3. 3 feasible
  4. 4 doable
  5. 5 to make
  6. 6 to cause
zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
qǔ dé
  1. 1 to acquire
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to obtain
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
shē wàng
  1. 1 an extravagant hope
  2. 2 to have excessive expectations
dé fēn
  1. 1 to score
dé shī
  1. 1 gains and losses
  2. 2 success and failure
  3. 3 merits and demerits
dé yì
  1. 1 proud of oneself
  2. 2 pleased with oneself
  3. 3 complacent
dè se
  1. 1 (dialect) to be cocky
  2. 2 smug
  3. 3 to show off
dé zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to learn about
dé zuì
  1. 1 to commit an offense
  2. 2 to violate the law
  3. 3 excuse me! (formal)
  4. 4 see also 得罪[dé zui]

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
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)
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
  1. 1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
  1. 1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
  2. 2 success at a stroke
  3. 3 to get results overnight
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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)
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
  1. 1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
  1. 1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
  1. 1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (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

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