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奢望

shē wàng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

奢望 (shē wàng) means "an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 奢望 means

1. an extravagant hope
2. to have excessive expectations

The characters in 奢望

• 奢shēextravagant
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 你想要找一个高学历、高收入、姿容和性格都很好的人，但这难道不是太奢望了吗？
  Nǐ xiǎngyào zhǎo yī gè gāoxuélì, gāo shōurù, zīróng hé xìnggé dōu hěn hǎo de rén, dàn zhè nándào bù shì tài shēwàng le ma?
  You want to find someone with a good education, a good salary, good looks, and a good personality. Don't you think that that's aiming a bit too high?

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