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Character Decomposition
望=亡+月+王
Etymology
A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation
Meanings
full moon
to hope
to expect
to visit
to gaze (into the distance)
to look towards
towards
15th day of month (lunar calendar)
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Words with 望 475 total
(literary) to hope for; to count on · (literary) to expect; to anticipate (esp. in negative expressions)承望chéng wàngto return sb's gaze; to meet sb's eyes · to look back (to one's rear) · (fig.) to look back at (the past); to reflect on回望huí wàngto despair · to give up all hope · desperate · desperation绝望jué wàngto pay a visit to; to see (sb)看望kàn wàngcan be expected (to) · to be expected (to) · hopefully (happening)可望kě wàngchoronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu is also known as, where is his surname and 昌黎 is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡 jùn.)郡望jùn wàng
Idioms with 望 140 total Chain
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