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望
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to look over; to hope]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to look over; to hope]]
  2. 2 mohng dou gēng dou chèuhng 望到頸都長 — to hope until the neck becomes long; to live in hope for a long time for something.
  3. 3 mohng jauh haih gám mohng 望就係叫望 — one can only hope that one's wish will be fulfilled.
  4. 4 mohng tin dáa gwaa 望天打卦 — to look up to heaven as one casts lots; to have to put one's trust in fate.
Words containing 望
展望將來
hope to have a better future
仰望
to look up to; to respect; to admire
可望
within sight/hope/expectation
別指望
don't count on; don't depend on
望子成龍
Hope that a son or child would grow up and become a great "dragon", i.e. success
回望
review; to look back
慾望
desire; wish; lust; longing
張望
peep; look around | [粵]: 望 (mong6)
巴望
look forward to
有希望
hopeful, promising, prospective | [粵]: 有行; 有聲氣
眺望台
gazebo [Var.] 眺望臺
眺望
to look into the distance (from a high place); to overlook
望遠鏡
telescope
晇天望地
[[stare at the sky, look at the ground]] to have nothing to do; to be inattentiv
一望無際
as far as the eye can see (lit: look afar no bound)
願望
wish; desire
鵠望
eagerly look forward to
向上望
to look up (direction)
喜出望外
be overjoyed at unexpected good news
眼尾都唔望
[[to deliberately ignore]] to deliberately ignore someone.
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