| 望子成龙 |
wàng zǐ chéng lóng |
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment |
| 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 |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 成龙 |
Chéng Lóng |
Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star |
| 成龙 |
chéng lóng |
to succeed in life / to become somebody |
| 龙 |
Lóng |
surname Long |
| 龙 |
lóng |
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur |