"Goal" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 mù biāo target / goal / objective / CL:個|个[ge4]
 mù dì purpose / aim / goal / target / objective / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zōng zhǐ objective / aim / goal
 jìn qiú to score a goal / goal (sport)
 zhì xiàng ambition / goal / ideal / aspiration
 rù qiú to score a goal / goal
 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / CL:根[gen1] / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark
 gǔ center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target
 gōng jù tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc)
 zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after / to woo
 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal
 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
 pò mén to burst or force open a door / to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church) / to score a goal (in football, hockey etc)
  development objective / development goal
 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop
 gōng rù to force entrance into / to score a goal (sport)
 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
 zhuàng zhì great goal / magnificent aspiration
 shǒu mén to keep goal / on duty as gatekeeper
 guò hé chāi qiáo lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom) / fig. to abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal
 mén qiú croquet / goal ball (served by the goal keeper)
 wū lóng qiú own goal (ball sports)
 bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
 chāo chǎn to exceed a production goal
 bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
 zhǔ yào mù dì main aim / principal goal
 kòu guān to knock at the gate (old) / to make an approach / to invade / to attack the goal (sports)
 Dào bǎn dǎng Pirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with the Internet era
  Millennium Development Goal Carbon Facility / MDG Carbon Facility
  Governance, Advocacy & Leadership for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene / GoAL WaSH
21世 21shì jì yì chéng quán qiú mù biāo global goal in Agenda 21
 gǎi biàn yóu xì guī zé moving the goal posts
 gǎi biàn mù biāo moving the goal posts
  moving the goal posts
  Millennium Development Goal strategy support fund
  Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on Millennium Development Goal Indicators
  Inter-agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goal Indicators
  Millennium Development Goal funding mechanism
  IAEA timeliness detection goal
  learning goal
 dǎ mén to knock on the door / to take a shot on goal (sports)
 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
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