# 如愿以偿

rú yuàn yǐ cháng

Have one’s wish fulfilled

## Meaning & wording

**Literally:** Be rewarded in accordance with the wish

**Traditional Chinese:** 如願以償

**Register:** Standard · expressive

[Change & possibility](https://chinese-idioms.yudis.dev/idioms/topics/change)

## When to use it

Describe achieving a hoped-for outcome.

No implication that the outcome came easily.

## Understanding the expression

A wish becomes reality, giving the person the result they had hoped to receive. The expression can concern admission, a reunion, a purchase, or another desired outcome. It does not say how long the wish lasted or how much effort was needed. Often the surrounding story supplies that effort, making the fulfillment more satisfying. It also does not guarantee that the result will feel exactly as imagined once everyday consequences follow.

## Examples

她终于如愿以偿，考进医学院。

### Traditional Chinese

她終於如願以償，考進醫學院。

tā zhōng yú rú yuàn yǐ cháng ， kǎo jìn yī xué yuàn 。

She finally fulfilled her wish by entering medical school.

多年后，他如愿以偿见到恩师。

### Traditional Chinese

多年後，他如願以償見到恩師。

duō nián hòu ， tā rú yuàn yǐ cháng jiàn dào ēn shī 。

Years later, he fulfilled his wish to meet his mentor.

我们如愿以偿，订到了车票。

### Traditional Chinese

我們如願以償，訂到了車票。

wǒ men rú yuàn yǐ cháng ， dìng dào le chē piào 。

We got the tickets we had hoped for.

他如愿以偿买下小屋。

### Traditional Chinese

他如願以償買下小屋。

tā rú yuàn yǐ cháng mǎi xià xiǎo wū 。

He fulfilled his wish by buying the small house.

## Sources & reference checks

Original explanations and examples from Chinese Idioms Almanac. Source-checked October 6, 2026.

- [CC-CEDICT · forms & pronunciation](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdqb=%E5%A6%82%E9%A1%98%E4%BB%A5%E5%84%9F)

- [Ministry of Education · 成語典](https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=822&webMd=1&la=0)

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