"Ambition" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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 | |
