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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

野心 [yěxīn]
  1. 1. noun ambition

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

野心 [yěxīn]
  1. 1. wild ambition; careerism
    侵略野心
    aggressive ambitions

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

野心 [yěxīn]
  1. 1. 对领土、权位、名利等的强烈的非分欲望
    侵略野心
    野心不小。

Examples

狂妄的野心
a wild ambition
扩张野心
expansionist ambitions
助长侵略者的野心
whet the ambitions of the aggressors
他冀图夺取政权的野心已经路人皆知了。
His ambition to seize power is known to all.
北方的匈奴多年来一直有入主中原的野心
Hungarians have had the ambition of becoming the masters of the Central Plains for many years.
篡权的野心表现得十分露骨
野心不小。
to be burning with impatience/ambition
充满极度的不耐/野心

Collocations

狼子野心
the wolf sub- greed
野心
adventurer
侵略野心
aggression
野心暴露
reveal one's ambitions
野心很大
the greed is very big
野心勃勃
insolently ambitious
怀有野心
ambitious

Word Decomposition


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