寄予厚望

jìyǔ hòuwàng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to place high hopes on
  2. 2 to have great expectations of

Examples

HSK 4
Fùmǔ duì tā jìyǔ hòuwàng, xīwàng tā jiānglái dāng yīshēng.
His parents place high hopes on him and want him to become a doctor.
HSK 7-9
Qiúmímen duì zhè wèi niánqīng de zhǔjiàoliàn jìyǔ hòuwàng, kě qiúduì kāijú lián shū le sān chǎng.
The fans placed high hopes on the young head coach, but the team lost its first three games in a row.

Tips

grammar
The person comes first with 对: 对年轻人寄予厚望 "to have high hopes for young people". It is formal; in speech 对他期望很高 is more usual. To let those hopes down is 辜负厚望.

Stroke Order

寄 jì
予 yǔ
厚 hòu
望 wàng