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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 望子成龙
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 望子成龙 | wàng zǐ chéng lóng | - lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life - to have great hopes for one's offspring - to give one's child the best education as a career investment |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 49,410 | 43,895 | 48,551 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 望 | wàng | - full moon - to hope - to expect - to visit - to gaze (into the distance) - to look towards - towards |
| 望 | wàng | - 15th day of month (lunar calendar) - old variant of 望[wang4] |
| 子 | zǐ | - son - child - seed - egg - small thing - 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat - viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] - ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) - subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 | zi | - (noun suffix) |
| 成 | chéng | - surname Cheng - short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1] |
| 成 | chéng | - to succeed - to finish - to complete - to accomplish - to become - to turn into - to be all right - OK! - one tenth |
| 龙 | lóng | - surname Long |
| 龙 | lóng | - Chinese dragon; loong - (fig.) emperor - dragon - (bound form) dinosaur |
Other Words Containing 望子成龙
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 望子成龙 | - | - | 49,410 | 43,895 | 48,551 |