# 奢望 (shēwàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 奢望 (shēwàng) means “extravagant hope; pipe dream”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: extravagant hope; pipe dream
- Pinyin: shēwàng (she1 wang4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 在那里买房对我是种奢望。
  Zài nàlǐ mǎi fáng duì wǒ shì zhǒng shēwàng.
  Buying a house there is an extravagant hope for me.

## Characters

- 奢 (shē): extravagant
- [望](https://hanziro.com/word/wang-gaze/) (wàng): to gaze; to look towards

https://hanziro.com/word/she-wang-extravagant-hope/

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