méi mu
progress
prospect of solution
sign of positive outcome
Dù Mù
Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
Dà mu zhǐ
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
chī mu hū
(dialect) gum (in one's eyes)
shù qǐ dà mu zhǐ
to give a thumbs-up
to express one's approval