Be ambitious
Seeking ambition, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ú zh ì D á D à o, which means to live in seclusion in order to preserve one's will and carry out one's own ideas. It is an ideal outlook on life of Confucianism. It comes from the Analects of Confucius Ji.
The origin of Idioms
The language version of the Analects of Confucius Ji Shi: "live in seclusion in order to achieve his ambition, and practice righteousness in order to achieve his Tao."
Idiom usage
As predicate, attribute and object; used in Confucianism
Chinese PinYin : qiú zhì dá dào
Be ambitious
A dog can't spit out its ivory. gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
Birds scatter and fish crumble. niǎo sàn yú kuì
cry for heaven when calamity occurs -- too late. huàn zhì hū tiān
see both its good and bad points. xiá yú hù xiàn