远志

遠志
yuǎnzhì
  1. far-reaching ambition
  2. lofty ideal
  3. milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine

CEDICT

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of Polygala senega (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to calm the mind, to promote sleep; to treat boils, sores, and breast tumors)
  2. great ambition; aspiration
  3. root of Polygala senega (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to calm the mind, to promote sleep; to treat boils, sores, and breast tumors)

Wiktionary

  1. 远大的志向。
  2. 植物名。远志科远志属，多年生草本。根由多数细根丛生而成，茎细且丛生，高约二十馀公分，叶互生，夏日开紫色蝶形花，果实扁球状。多产于我国东北、河南、四川等地。根可入药，有安神的功效。

重編國語辭典

  1. 多年生草本植物（Polygalatenuifolia）
  2. 远大的志向

維基詞典

Homographs

远志 yuǎnzhì

Entry Composition

1 远 yuǎn
  1. far
  2. distant
  3. remote
  4. (intensifier in a comparison) by far
  5. much (lower etc)
=2 志 zhì
  1. aspiration
  2. ambition
  3. the will
=2 志 zhì
  1. sign
  2. mark
  3. to record
  4. to write a footnote

Containing this entry

小花远志 xiǎohuāyuǎnzhì small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine

Related entries

远大理想 yuǎndàlǐxiǎng lofty ideal