| 望 | 813B40 60.11 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄨㄤˋ [wang4] | ||
| N. | (1) The day of full moon, the fifteenth day of the lunar month: 朔望 1st and 15th day of the lunar month; 既望 the 16th day. (2) Reputation, fame, prestige: 名望，聲望 ditto; 人望，威望 prestige. (3) Hope, expectation: 盼望，希望，冀望 hope; 願望 wish; 期望 expectation; 無望 hopeless; 絕望 despair; 喜出望外 happy beyond expectations. | |||||
| V.i.&t. | (1) To hope, expect, wish (see N. 3↑): 渴望 hope anxiously; 望巴巴 hope and wait anxiously; 所望 what one hopes for. (2) To look up (at moon), look over or gaze into distance, to glance at (valley, clouds, the sea) sentimentally: 仰望 look up in hope; 望遠鏡 [wang4yUan3jing4]↓; 望而生畏 inspire awe even from distance; 望洋興歎 view with despair the vast ocean or vast work to be done; 望梅止渴 (allu.) look at plums to quench thirst, Barmecide's feast, imagined satisfaction; 望風 [wang4feng1]↓; 望雲 gaze at the clouds and think of distant friends; 望塵莫及 to fall so far behind in comparison as unable even to see the dust of the rider ahead. (3) To visit, inspect: 觀望 to observe, stand aside and not make up one's mind; 探望 to visit (friend, etc.). (4) To approach: 望七(望八)之年 approaching seventy (eighty). | |||||
| Prep. | Toward: 望前走 go forward; 望後退 retreat backward; see 往91B.11, Prep. | |||||
| Words | 1. 望長 [wang4chang2], phr., 望長久遠 to plan for permanent future. 2. 望風 [wang4feng1], phr., (1) stand facing the wind and feel (remembrance, etc.); (2) 望風而逃 to run away at rumor of approach; (3) to admire (great leader) and wish to follow. 3. 望候 [wang4hou4], v.t., to send greetings. 4. 望看 [wang4kan0], v.t., to pay respects. 5. 望門 (兒) 寡 [wang4men2]([wang4merer0])-[gua3], n., (coll.) widow who remains unmarried after fianc* dies; 望門兒妨 (coll.) man who remains unmarried after fianc dies. 6. 望日 [wang4ri4], n., the 15th day of lunar month. 7. 望鄉臺 [wang4xiang1tai2], n., terrace in hell where the deceased can see their homes in the distance. 8. 望視 [wang4shi4], v.i., (AC) to look upwards (of a hunchback). 9. 望天兒 [wang4tia1er0], n., a kind of goldfish with protruding eyes. 10. 望子 [wang4zi0], n., corruption of 幌子 22B.70, a flagpole as sign of wine shop. 11. 望族 [wang4zu2], n., respected clan. 12. 望望 [wang4wang4], (1) adv., as in 望望然去之 depart with a look of disappointment or embarrassment; (2) ([wang4wang0]) v.i., to drop in at friend's place. 13. 望遠鏡 [wang4yUan3jing4], n., telescope, field glass, opera glass; 雙眼望遠鏡 binocular. 14. 望雲 [wang4yUn2], phr., (1) to gaze at clouds (and think of s.o.); (2) (allu.) to think of parents. | |||||