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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

志 [zhì]
  1. 1. noun [志向] will
  2. 2. noun [记录] record
  3. 3. noun [记号] sign
  4. 4. verb [记号] remember

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

志 [zhì]
  1. 1. noun will; aspiration; ideal
    志坚如钢
    have an iron will; have a will of steel
  2. 2. noun records; annals
    《三国志》
    History of the Three Kingdoms
    《昌黎方言志》
    A Survey of the Changli Dialect
  3. 3. noun mark; sign
    标志
    sign; mark; symbol
  4. 4. verb keep in mind
    永志不忘
    will forever bear in mind; will always cherish the memory of sb. or sth.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

志 [zhì]
  1. 1. 名 关于将来要有所作为的意愿或决心
    有志者事竟成。
    志在必得。
    立志。
    意志。
    志愿。
  2. 2. 动 [文] 记住；不忘
    博闻强志。
    永志不忘。
  3. 3. 动 [文] 用文字记录；记载
    书以志其事。
    《聊斋志异》。
    杂志。
    志怪小说。
  4. 4. 名 记事的文字
    《汉书·艺文志》。
    地方志。
    县志。
    墓志。
  5. 5. 名 标记；记号
    标志。
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Examples

其志可嘉，其情可悯。
While his ambition is worthy of praise, his lot deserves sympathy. → 可嘉
志坚如钢
have an iron will; have a will of steel → 志
这是一部志怪小说。
This is a tale of mystery, and the supernatural. → 志怪小说
心欲小，志欲大。 → 欲
身处困境而志不衰。 → 困境

Character Decomposition

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[shì]		 + 心
[xīn]

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