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野心

yě xīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

野心 (yě xīn) means "ambition; wild schemes; careerism". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 野心 means

1. ambition
2. wild schemes
3. careerism

The characters in 野心

• 野yěfield; plain; open space
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 他是个很有野心的人。
  He was a man of great ambition.
• 因为他有野心，他很努力地工作。
  Yīnwèi tā yǒu yěxīn, tā hěn nǔlì de gōngzuò.
  Since he has ambitions, he works hard.

Words containing 野心

• 狼子野心láng zǐ yě xīnambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs

Where 野心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yào–yī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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