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寄予厚望

jì yǔ hòu wàng

4-character word

What 寄予厚望 means

1. to place high hopes

The characters in 寄予厚望

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 予yǔ(literary) to give
• 厚hòuthick; deep or profound; kind
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 我对她寄予厚望。
  Wǒ duì tā jìyǔhòuwàng.
  I have high hopes for her.