The meaning of expectation: to have hope and expectation for the future of things or people in the future: ~This railway will be completed and opened to traffic as soon as possible. I will never let you down~.

Pinyin: [ qī wàng ]

Citation and explanation: Cao Yu "Thunderstorm" Act 3: People's hearts are still hot and dry, looking forward to another thunderstorm.

Synonyms:

1. Hope? [zhǐ wàng]

To look forward to; hope: ~There will be a good harvest this year.

The twelfth paragraph of Yang Shuo's "Three Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains": ﹝ Wu Zhen ﹞I thought that this snow would fall several feet deep and spring would come, and there would be hope for the next year's crops.

2. Hope?[ bā wàng ]

Hope: ~My son will return safely as soon as possible.

Chapter 70 of "The Strange Situation I've Witnessed for Twenty Years": After hearing this, Fucheng also hoped that the marriage would be settled, so that he could have a helper.