Compounds of 望む
- (v5m,vt) to desire
to wish for
to see
to command (a view of)
(P) - (v5m,vt) to look anxiously for
to wait eagerly for
(P) - (exp) to ask for prudence
- (exp) to hope to succeed
- (exp) to crave for peace
- (exp,adv) I pray that
I wish that - (exp) never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more (lit: taking Gansu only to want Sichuan)
give him an inch and he'll take a mile