望子成龙 — Chinese idiom
望子成龙
wàng zǐ chéng lóng
Traditional: 望子成龍
Meaning
- lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon ; 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
Character by character
- 望wàngto expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 子zǐson, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
Idioms sharing a character
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一望而知 yī wàng ér zhī
- 不孚众望 bù fú zhòng wàng
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 名门望族 míng mén wàng zú
- 喜出望外 xǐ chū wàng wài
- 大喜过望 dà xǐ guò wàng
- 巴高望上 bā gāo wàng shàng
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