大志

dàzhì
noun #38,694

Meanings

  1. 1 high aims
  2. 2 great ambition
  3. 3 lofty aspirations

Examples

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xiōnghuái dàzhì.
He has held great ambitions since childhood.
Yànquè ān zhī hónghú zhī dàzhì?
How can sparrows know the great ambitions of the swan?

Tips

usage
The standard collocations are 胸怀大志 (xiōnghuái dàzhì, to harbor great ambitions) and 大志 (lì dàzhì, to set lofty goals). The second example above echoes a famous line from 《史记·世家》 about ambition the small-minded can't grasp.

Stroke Order

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