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| Processed by: | ycandau (2016-02-28 19:15:57 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 56854 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> M and LA define 遺志 as a 志向, 理想, or 目標 (aspiration/ideal/goal) [rather than a "wish"] that one works towards but is unable to achieve during one's lifetime, and leaves for others to continue to work towards after one dies. So it's more like an unachieved aspiration than an unfulfilled wish. It's something that one *works toward*, rather than simply hopes for. And a "deathbed wish" can be a request that may be *granted*, as in the headline "Seminarian granted his deathbed wish to be ordained". That would not be a 遺志, which is something to be *carried forward* after the person's death, not *granted*. (Almost invariably, verbs like 延續 or 繼承 or 延續 are used in conjunction with 遺志.) -------------------------------------- J ~ Leah Rabin, 72, died of heart failure on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. She had followed her husband by becoming an outspoken advocate for peace. 里娅.拉宾，72岁，在与癌症作了长期斗争后于上周日死于心脏衰竭。她继承了丈夫的遗志，成为一个敢于直言的和平卫士。 TP ~ 師範大學數學系教授洪萬生將悲憤化為力量，以成立彭婉如基金會，延續亡妻為婦女權益奮鬥的遺志。 Horng Wann-sheng, a professor of mathematics at National Normal University, turned his pain and anger into strength which he used to found the Peng Wan-ru Foundation, dedicated to continuing his wife's fight for women's rights. |
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- 遺志 遗志 [yi2 zhi4] /deathbed wish/unfulfilled wish/ + 遺志 遗志 [yi2 zhi4] /the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on/ |