渴 望

kěwàng

“To thirst for” in Chinese is 渴望 (kěwàng).

Meaning

to thirst for
to long for

Example

我渴望上大学。

I yearn for the university.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kěHSK 112 strokesthirsty wàngHSK 311 strokesfull moon

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