理想 (lǐxiǎng) means Ideal. Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的 理想 是当医生。
Tā de lǐxiǎng shì dāng yīshēng.
His dream is to be a doctor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 理想
这次的结果不太 理想 。
Zhè cì de jiéguǒ bú tài lǐxiǎng.
This time the result was not ideal.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 理想
他为自己的 理想 奋斗。
Tā wèi zìjǐ de lǐxiǎng fèndòu.
He strives for his ideals.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 奋斗
他一直追求自己的 理想 。
Tā yìzhí zhuīqiú zìjǐ de lǐxiǎng.
He has always pursued his ideals.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 追求
他从没抛弃过自己的 理想 。
Tā cóng méi pāoqì guo zìjǐ de lǐxiǎng.
He has never abandoned his ideals.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抛弃
他为了崇高的 理想 奋斗了一生。
Tā wèile chónggāo de lǐxiǎng fèndòu le yìshēng.
He struggled all his life for a lofty ideal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 崇高
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How is 理想 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 理想 (lǐxiǎng, "Ideal"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 理想 an HSK word?
Yes — 理想 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 理想?
The dictionary page for 理想 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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