Most Chinese parents hope their sons will become dragons and their daughters phoenixes.
Tips
culture
Almost always paired with 望子成龙 (to hope one's son becomes a dragon). Together they capture the intensity of Chinese parental ambition, and increasingly, the burden it places on children.
memory
Dragon (龙) and phoenix (凤) are the supreme male and female mythological beasts; matching them to 子 (son) and 女 (daughter) makes the pairing memorable.
