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希望

Mandarin · pinyin xī wàng

to hope
a hope; a wish

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希: xī · rare; hope, expect, strive for
望: wàng · to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

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1–4 · xi1 wang4

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hei1 mong6

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noun

hope; wish (feeling of desire for something to happen)
hope (a person or thing that may help someone)

verb

to hope; to wish
(literary) to look up
(literary) to cater to

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