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志
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Definitions
- 1. aspiration
- 2. ambition
- 3. the will
- 4. sign
- 5. mark
- 6. to record
- 7. to write a footnote
Example Sentences
1 shown人各有 志 。
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Words Containing 志
to be delirious
Baozhi, or Pao-chih, Chinese monk (418–514), also known as 保誌|保志 or 誌公|志公
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[chén shòu] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[jìn cháo], 65 scrolls
Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics
voluntarism
poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[méi lán fāng] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb; memorial inscription on such a tablet
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
to take an oath to do sth
Silurian system (geology)
with single-hearted devotion (idiom)
shigellosis
firm determination
Lin Chi-ling (1974-), Taiwanese model and actress
Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
high aspiration
volunteer
Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
signal
journal
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
traffic sign
to be in a state of delirium
to recall silently
Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公|项庄舞剑，意在沛公[xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng]
unfulfilled ambition
great goal
like-minded (idiom)
Deutsche Bank
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[chūn liǔ shè]
historical record inscribed on tablet
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
will; willpower; determination
local chronicles
lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
having high fighting spirit
to pay respects to the dead
Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player
will
aspiration
Second book of Chronicles
to write about mysterious or supernatural things
ambition
Federal Republic of Germany
ethnography
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
steadfast
Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
to encourage
poor and with low expectations
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
will to fight
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
magazine publisher
magazine
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
ambition
the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
Shangzhi, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
sign
volunteer army
A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪[huáng zūn xiàn], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi
iconic
the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
volunteer
libertarianism
Zhai Zhigang (1966-), Chinese astronaut
soured by the loss of one's hopes
Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
inclination
far-reaching ambition
to have no aspirations (idiom)
the will to move mountains
German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader
radiation warning symbol
consciousness
to be ambitious
to become demoralized
blog
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls
Pinterest (photo-sharing website)
to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
Ru Zhijuan (1925-1998), female novelist and politician
fully content with one's achievements (idiom)
ambitious
emotion
to demonstrate one's sincere convictions
Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[fǎ lún gōng]
Deutschland; Germany
high-spirited and smug
ugly guy with a pretty girlfriend (slang)
to accomplish one's ambition
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
comrade
the will to live
to be determined
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
willpower
tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)
aspiration
to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
epitaph
Lexus
free will
Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹
high aims
Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
general history of a county
lofty ideals
lofty ambition
never to be forgotten
First book of Chronicles
Demosistō, a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong, established in 2016
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[pú sōng líng]
enormously proud of one's success (idiom); smug
Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009