entries → 希望
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 詞
希望 word · TOCFL 2 (est.)
希望 =
ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˋ · xīwàng
verb/noun — to hope; to wish for; hope

字源 FORM — what the parts do

rare; to wish; to hope for (希罕的希)幺 (thin silk) + 布 (cloth) — fine, rare cloth; something precious and scarce; to wish for
to gaze toward; to hope; to expect (願望的望)wàng壬 (upright figure) + 月 (moon) + 亡 (to look into the distance) — someone standing and gazing at the distant moon; to hope, to look toward
希望,希罕的希,願望的望。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

細布難尋(:幺+布),遠月升(:壬+月+亡)——珍稀的、遙遠的,就是
The rare thin cloth (希: 幺+布, precious and hard to find) seen in the moonlit gaze from far away (望: 壬+月+亡, the figure watching the moon rise) — hope is longing for the rare and distant.
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