| 望而兴叹 |
wàng ér xīng tàn |
to sigh (in dismay, admiration etc) |
| 望 |
wàng |
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards |
| 望 |
wàng |
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望 |
| 而 |
ér |
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 兴 |
Xīng |
surname Xing |
| 兴 |
xīng |
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) |
| 兴 |
xìng |
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement |
| 叹 |
tàn |
to sigh / to exclaim |
| 叹 |
tàn |
variant of 叹 |