奢望
shē wàng · HSK 7
to have excessive expectations
🤑🌟 奢 extravagant + 望 hope = a hope so luxurious it's unreasonable to expect
奢 means lavish or extravagant (as in 奢侈, luxury); 望 means to hope or long for. Together: a hope priced beyond reach, an expectation too greedy to be realistic.
望 — 亡 (phonetic) + 月 moon + 王 king/standing figure
Originally a pictograph of a person standing on tiptoe gazing at the moon, expressing the idea of looking far into the distance. Over time the figure was reshaped and 亡 was added as a phonetic element. The meaning extended from 'gaze afar' to 'hope for' or 'expect.'