上进心 (shǎng) — drive to improve oneself; ambition for progress

Definition

Examples

• 他是一个很有上进心的年轻人，每天都在学习新技能。
  Tā shì yí gè hěn yǒu shǎng de nián qīng rén, měi tiān dōu zài xué xí xīn jì néng.
  He's a young person with a strong drive to improve, learning new skills every day.
• 公司招聘时很看重员工有没有上进心。
  Gōng sī zhāo pìn shí hěn kàn zhòng yuán gōng yǒu méi yǒu shǎng.
  The company values whether employees have ambition for self-improvement when hiring.
• 如果一个人没有上进心，很难在职场上取得成就。
  Rú guǒ yí gè rén méi yǒu shǎng, hěn nán zài zhí chǎng shàng qǔ dé chéng jiù.
  If a person lacks the drive to improve, it's hard to achieve success in the workplace.