cao vọng
Definition
Noun: * High ambition, lofty aspiration: A strong desire to achieve something great, significant, or of high value. It refers to a grand hope or goal that is often difficult to attain.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy là một người trẻ đầy cao vọng. (He is a young man full of high ambition.)
- Cô ấy ấp ủ cao vọng thay đổi thế giới. (She nurtures the lofty aspiration of changing the world.)
- Những cao vọng thời trẻ đôi khi phải nhường chỗ cho thực tế. (The high ambitions of youth sometimes must give way to reality.)
Advanced Usage
- Ấp ủ/ nuôi dưỡng cao vọng: To nurture/harbor a lofty ambition.
- Ông ấy đã ấp ủ cao vọng này từ thuở thiếu thời. (He has nurtured this lofty ambition since his youth.)
- Cao vọng bị dập tắt: High hopes/ambitions are dashed.
- Mọi cao vọng của anh ta đã bị dập tắt sau thất bại đó. (All his high hopes were dashed after that failure.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hoài bão (noun): Ambition, aspiration. (Often used interchangeably with , but can sound slightly more personal and enduring.)
- Tham vọng (noun): Ambition. (Can have a more neutral or sometimes negative connotation of strong desire for power, fame, or success, compared to the more idealistic .)
- Mong ước (noun): Wish, desire. (A more general and common term for a wish.)
Synonyms
- Ước mơ cao cả: Noble dream.
- Chí hướng lớn: Great aim/ambition.
- Nguyện vọng cao xa: Far-reaching aspiration.
Related Idioms
- (Có) chí thì nên: Where there's a will, there's a way. (This proverb encourages the perseverance needed to achieve one's .)
- Cao không tới, thấp không thông: Literally "Can't reach the high, can't get through the low." (An idiom describing someone whose ambitions are too high for their abilities, leaving them unable to accomplish even modest tasks.)
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High ambition
