野 心 yě xīn ambition / wild schemes / careerism 抱 负 bào fù aspiration / ambition 志 气 zhì qì ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit 志 愿 zhì yuàn aspiration / ambition / to volunteer 心 胸 xīn xiōng heart / mind / ambition / aspiration 志 向 zhì xiàng ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration 上 进 心 shàng jìn xīn motivation / ambition 企 图 心 qǐ tú xīn ambition / ambitious 心 气 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) 襟 抱 jīn bào ambition / an aspiration 雄 心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration 封 顶 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 事 业 心 shì yè xīn devotion to one's work / professional ambition 得 志 dé zhì to accomplish one's ambition / a dream come true / to enjoy success 远 志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine 宏 愿 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition 精 卫 填 海 Jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds 雄 图 xióng tú grandiose plan / great ambition 虺 huī sick / with no ambition 人 穷 志 短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 狼 子 野 心 láng zǐ yě xīn ambition of wild wolves (idiom) / rapacious designs 未 竟 之 志 wèi jìng zhī zhì unfulfilled ambition 夙 愿 以 偿 sù yuàn yǐ cháng a long-cherished ambition is realized 浅 希 近 求 qiǎn xī jìn qiú to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition 穷 当 益 坚 , 老 当 益 壮 qióng dāng yì jiān , lǎo dāng yì zhuàng poor but ambition, old but vigorous (idiom) / robust and determined to hold one's position despite poverty and old age 遐 志 xiá zhì lofty ambition / lofty aspiration