He was a man of great ambition.
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野心
yě xīn
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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yě xīn · je5 sam1 (Jyutping)
- ambition
- wild schemes
- careerism
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Character breakdown
野
心
- Meaning
- heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
- Radical
- 心
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ？
- Cangjie
- P
- Four-corner
- 3300.0
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Since he has ambitions, he works hard.
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