"Ambitious" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 远大 | yuǎn dà | far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising |   |
| 有志气 | yǒu zhì qì | ambitious | |
| 企图心 | qǐ tú xīn | ambition / ambitious | |
| 雄心勃勃 | xióng xīn bó bó | aggressive and grand (idiom) / ambitious / pushy | |
| 有雄心 | yǒu xióng xīn | ambitious | |
| 上进 | shàng jìn | to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards | |
| 有志 | yǒu zhì | to be ambitious | |
| 枭雄 | xiāo xióng | ambitious and ruthless character / formidable person | |
| 长风破浪 | cháng fēng pò làng | lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom) | |
| 空腹高心 | kōng fù gāo xīn | ambitious despite a lack of talent (idiom) | |
| 穷当益坚 | qióng dāng yì jiān | poor but ambitious (idiom) / hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back | |
| 争强好胜 | zhēng qiáng hào shèng | competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others | |
| 聚萤映雪 | jù yíng yìng xuě | lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom) / fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil | |
| 处高鹜远 | chǔ gāo wù yuǎn | to be overly ambitious (idiom) | |
| 远谋 | yuǎn móu | a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy | |
| 雄长 | xióng zhǎng | fierce and ambitious character / formidable person | |
| 水浅养不住大鱼 | shuǐ qiǎn yǎng bù zhù dà yú | lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization | |
