Results, 隴を得て蜀を望む

隴を得て蜀を望む【ろうをえてしょくをのぞむrouwoeteshokuwonozomu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom

Kanji definition:

隴

ロウROU・リョウRYOU・おかoka

hill; mound

Strokes:
19
Radical:
阝阜⻖ mound
SKIP:
1-3-16
UTF:
96b4
JIS208:
80-15
Hangul:
롱 [rong]
Pinyin:
lǒng
Stroke order:
Example words:
隴を得て蜀を望む【ろうをえてしょくをのぞむrouwoeteshokuwonozomu】
never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan
麦隴【ばくろうbakurou】
field of grain (not rice)
隴畝【ろうほrouho】
ridges of and paths between fields; / countryside; civilian
得
常用４年JLPTN3

トクTOKU・えるe.ru・うるu.ru

gain; get; find; earn; acquire; can; may; able to; profit; advantage; benefit

Strokes:
11
Radical:
彳 step
SKIP:
1-3-8
UTF:
5f97
JIS208:
38-32
Nanori:
あつatsu・てろtero
Hangul:
득 [deug]
Pinyin:
dé / de / děi
Stroke order:
Example words:
所得【しょとくshotoku】
income; earnings
所得税【しょとくぜいshotokuzei】
income tax
説得【せっとくsettoku】
persuasion
獲得【かくとくkakutoku】
acquisition; possession
得点【とくてんtokuten】
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
蜀

ショクSHOKU・ゾクZOKU・いもむしimomushi

green caterpillar; Szechwan

Strokes:
13
Radical:
虫 insect
SKIP:
2-5-8
UTF:
8700
JIS208:
73-70
Hangul:
촉 [chog]
Pinyin:
shǔ
Stroke order:
Example words:
望蜀【ぼうしょくboushoku】
insatiability
隴を得て蜀を望む【ろうをえてしょくをのぞむrouwoeteshokuwonozomu】
never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan
蜀漢【しょっかんshokkan】
Shu-Han (dynasty of China, 221-263 CE)
玉蜀黍畑【とうもろこしばたけtoumorokoshibatake】
corn field; maize field
蜀鳥【しょくちょうshokuchou】
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
望
常用４年JLPTN3

ボウBOU・モウMOU・のぞむnozo.mu・もちmochi

ambition; full moon; hope; desire; aspire to; expect

Strokes:
11
Radical:
月⺝ moon, month, flesh
SKIP:
2-7-4
UTF:
671b
JIS208:
43-30
Nanori:
みmi・もmo
Hangul:
망 [mang]
Pinyin:
wàng
Stroke order:
Example words:
希望【きぼうkibou】
hope; wish; aspiration
要望【ようぼうyoubou】
demand for; request
展望【てんぼうtenbou】
view; outlook; prospect
絶望【ぜつぼうzetsubou】
despair; hopelessness
望み【のぞみnozomi】
wish; desire; hope; / prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

Kanji

隴

ロウROU・リョウRYOU・おかoka

hill; mound

得

トクTOKU・えるe.ru・うるu.ru

gain; get; find; earn; acquire; can; may; able to; profit; advantage; benefit


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