望子成龙
wàng​zǐ​chéng​lóng

to hope one's child succeeds

  • created reference approved 望子成龙/望子成龍 → 望女成凤/望女成鳳 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望子成龙 / 望子成龍 wàng​zǐ​chéng​lóng

    望女成凤 / 望女成鳳 wàng​nǚ​chéng​fèng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 望子成龙/望子成龍 · wàng​zǐ​chéng​lóng · to hope one's child succeeds — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望子成龙 / 望子成龍

    wàng​zǐ​chéng​lóng

    to hope one's child succeeds

    literally "to hope one's son becomes a dragon"; to have high expectations for one's children and long for them to be successful or outstanding in life

    望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to hope 子 (literal) → 子 · zǐ · son 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 龙 (literal) → 龙/龍 · lóng · eminent person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense