méi mu
progress
prospect of solution
sign of positive outcome
Dà mu zhǐ
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
Duān mù Cì
Duanmu Ci (520 BC-446 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Zi Gong 子貢|子贡[Zi3 Gong4]
chī mu hū
(dialect) gum (in one's eyes)
shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ
to give a thumbs-up
to express one's approval