九天揽月 Nine Heavens to Catch the Moon
Explanation
九天揽月：揽，采摘。到天的最高处去摘月。常形容壮志豪情。
Nine Heavens to Catch the Moon: Reach for the moon at the highest point of the sky. Often describes lofty aspirations and ambitions.
Origin Story
传说，在很久以前，有一个叫王羲之的人，他从小就喜欢写字，他的字写得非常漂亮，而且非常有气势。有一天，王羲之在河边散步，看到一只飞鸟落在树枝上，他觉得这只飞鸟的姿态非常优雅，就用笔把它画了下来。他画完之后，觉得这只飞鸟还缺少点什么，就用笔在它的旁边写了一句诗：‘九天揽月，壮志凌云。’这句诗的意思是，要像这飞鸟一样，有九天揽月，凌云壮志的豪情。
Legend has it that long ago, there was a man named Wang Xizhi, who loved writing since he was a child. His handwriting was very beautiful and very imposing. One day, Wang Xizhi was taking a walk by the river and saw a bird landing on a branch. He thought the bird's posture was very elegant and drew it with his pen. After he finished, he felt that the bird was still missing something, so he wrote a line of poetry next to it with his pen:
Usage
九天揽月形容胸怀大志，有远大的理想和抱负。
Nine Heavens to Catch the Moon is used to describe someone with lofty aspirations, grand ideals and ambitions.
Examples
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少年强则国强，我们要像少年英雄一样，九天揽月，实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦。
shào nián qiáng zé guó qiáng, wǒ men yào xiàng shào nián yīng xióng yī yàng, jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè, shí xiàn zhōng huá mín zú wěi dà fù xīng de zhōng guó mèng.
When the youth is strong, the country is strong. We should be like young heroes, reach for the moon, and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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他胸怀大志，九天揽月，希望有一天能成为宇航员，飞向太空。
tā xiōng huái dà zhì, jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè, xī wàng yǒu yī tiān néng chéng wéi yǔ háng yuán, fēi xiàng tài kōng.
He has great ambitions, reaches for the moon, and hopes to become an astronaut one day and fly into space.