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针对 zhēn duì to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
旨在 zhǐ zài to have as its purpose / to be intended to / to aim to (do sth)
指向 zhǐ xiàng to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated
瞄准 miáo zhǔn to take aim at; to target
对准 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
miáo to take aim / (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
成全 chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim / to help sb succeed / to complete / to make whole / to round off
瞒天过海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
泛读 fàn (language education) to read swiftly, aiming to get the gist / extensive reading
力争上游 zhēng shàng yóu to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result / to have high ambitions
问鼎 wèn dǐng to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc)
好高骛远 hào gāo yuǎn to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) / to aim too high
临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 lín yuān xiàn , tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
无的放矢 fàng shǐ to shoot without aim (idiom); fig. to speak without thinking / firing blindly / to shoot in the air / a shot in the dark
照准 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun)
扑空 kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
标的 biāo target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
双碳 shuāng tàn "double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰[tan4 da2 feng1] and carbon neutrality 碳中和[tan4 zhong1 he2] / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
新文化运动 Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
鸿门宴 Hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
三北防护林 Sān běi Fáng lín Green Wall of China, a massive afforestation program on the eastern margin of the Gobi Desert aimed at stopping the desert's expansion, started in 1978 and planned to be completed by 2050
以失败而告终 shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
双减 Shuāng jiǎn (PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
四清运动 qīng Yùn dòng the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party
刻鹄类鹜 lèi to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result


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