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(mù biāo) - goal, target, objective in Mandarin

biāo

Traditional: 目標

Line drawing of 目标
Coloured illustration of 目标
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Translation

goal, target, objective

Word origin

目标 (mùbiāo) 'goal, target' joins 目 'eye' with 标 'mark, sign', literally 'what the eye marks'. 目 is a pictograph of an eye (originally drawn sideways with the pupil); 标 is a tree radical 木 plus phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
目 (eye, pictograph) + 标 (mark, sign)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 目

Stroke order for 标

Examples

Our goal is very clear.

He achieved this year's target.

My goal is to get up earlier.

His goal is very clear.

The team reached this year's goal.

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This word is part of lesson 15.