奢 shē
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
奢望
shēwàng
extravagant hope; to expect too much
Characters in this word
望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在当时的条件下，要求项目一步到位几乎是一种奢望。 Zài dāngshí de tiáojiàn xià, yāoqiú xiàngmù yíbù dàowèi jīhū shì yì zhǒng shēwàng. Under the conditions at the time, expecting the project to be completed in one step was almost unrealistic.
- 手里没有本钱，想在城里买房只能是奢望。 Shǒu lǐ méiyǒu běnqián, xiǎng zài chéng lǐ mǎi fáng zhǐ néng shì shēwàng. Without any capital, hoping to buy a house in the city is just wishful thinking.
- 别再抱什么奢望了，这份工作竞争太激烈。 Bié zài bào shénme shēwàng le, zhè fèn gōngzuò jìngzhēng tài jīliè. Stop harboring unrealistic hopes; competition for this job is too fierce.
Related words
- 奢侈 shēchǐ luxurious; extravagant
- 希望 xīwàng to hope; hope
- 愿望 yuànwàng wish
- 看望 kànwàng to visit
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 绝望 juéwàng despair
- 渴望 kěwàng to long for
- 期望 qīwàng to hope; to expect
- 盼望 pànwàng to long for, to look forward to
- 望 wàng to look at, to gaze
- 欲望 yùwàng desire
- 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng to look around distractedly; to gaze about