如 rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
如愿以偿
rúyuànyǐcháng
to have one's wish fulfilled
Characters in this word
偿 cháng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 尝 to taste
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 经过三轮复审，他终于如愿以偿，拿到了海外研究基金。 Jīngguò sān lún fùshěn, tā zhōngyú rúyuànyǐcháng, ná dào le hǎiwài yánjiū jījīn. After three rounds of review, he finally had his wish fulfilled and obtained the overseas research grant.
- 他攒了一年钱，终于如愿以偿，买到了心爱的吉他。 Tā zǎn le yī nián qián, zhōngyú rúyuànyǐcháng, mǎidàole xīn'ài de jítā. He saved money for a year and finally got his wish, buying the guitar he loved.
- 经过多年苦练，她如愿以偿，成为了一名舞蹈演员。 Jīngguò duōnián kǔliàn, tā rúyuànyǐcháng, chéngwéile yī míng wǔdǎo yǎnyuán. After years of hard training, her wish came true and she became a dancer.