望子成龍

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

Characters and words in 望子成龍

wàng = w + ang4
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
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wàng = w + ang4
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]
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= z + Ø3
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[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
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chéng = ch + (e)ng2
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
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Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
to succeed in life / to become somebody
lóng = lu + (e)ng2
dragon / CL:條|条[tiao2] / imperial
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