野心 (yěxīn) — ambition

Characters in this word

Strokes: 11
Radical: 里 — inside
Made of: 里 inside 予 to give
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

他的野心并不只限于扩大公司规模，而是想重新定义整个行业的规则。 Tā de yěxīn bìng bù zhǐ xiànyú kuòdà gōngsī guīmó, ér shì xiǎng chóngxīn dìngyì zhěnggè hángyè de guīzé. His ambition is not limited to expanding the company's scale; he wants to redefine the rules of the entire industry.
年轻的时候，他怀着一腔野心来到了大都市。 Niánqīng de shíhou, tā huáizhe yī qiāng yěxīn láidàole dà dūshì. When he was young, he came to the big city full of ambition.
她野心很大，从来不满足于眼前的小成绩。 Tā yěxīn hěn dà, cónglái bù mǎnzú yú yǎnqián de xiǎo chéngjì. She has great ambition and is never satisfied with small achievements.