"Aspiration" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 抱负 | bào fù | aspiration / ambition |   |
| 志愿 | zhì yuàn | aspiration / ambition / to volunteer | |
| 心愿 | xīn yuàn | cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration | |
| 意愿 | yì yuàn | aspiration / wish (for) / desire | |
| 心胸 | xīn xiōng | heart / mind / ambition / aspiration | |
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration | |
| 胸襟 | xiōng jīn | lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision | |
| 心志 | xīn zhì | will / resolution / aspiration | |
| 心气 | xīn qì | intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) | |
| 送气 | sòng qì | aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d) | |
| 职志 | zhí zhì | aspiration | |
| 怀抱 | huái bào | to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) | |
| 雄心 | xióng xīn | great ambition / lofty aspiration | |
| 壮志 | zhuàng zhì | great goal / magnificent aspiration | |
| 立定 | lì dìng | to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc) | |
| 奇志 | qí zhì | high aspiration | |
| 宏愿 | hóng yuàn | great aspiration / great ambition | |
| 气贯长虹 | qì guàn cháng hóng | spirit reaches to the rainbow / full of noble aspiration and daring | |
| 揽辔澄清 | lǎn pèi chéng qīng | to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation (idiom) | |
| 襟抱 | jīn bào | ambition / an aspiration | |
| 遐志 | xiá zhì | lofty ambition / lofty aspiration | |
| 初心 | chū xīn | (one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would) | |
