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HSK
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
HSK 2
interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun
HSK 2
thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to reflect on / to ponder over
HSK 4
(line of) thought / thinking
HSK 5
to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation
HSK 7-9
to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
HSK 7-9
to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
HSK 7-9
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
HSK 7-9
mind / thoughts / inclination / mood
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
HSK 7-9
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
to think deeply / to ponder
HSK 7-9
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
to ponder / to consider
HSK 7-9
boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
Mao Zedong Thought
train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling
to miss / to long for
Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom
grief-stricken thoughts / mourning
wonderful / great / delightful / very kind / generous
sth weighing on one's mind
Versace (fashion designer)
shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
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  *思* | 思* | *思
to think / to consider
Marxism
to consider / to ponder
spring mattress (loanword from "Simmons" bedding company name)
indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
innovative thinking / ingenuity
as the name implies
mature reflection / after careful deliberations
tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist
Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方
to yearn / to pine
intellectual history
memorial / recollection (of the deceased)
unimaginable / outrageous / freakish
to think sth through / to consider carefully
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions
to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
boring / of no interest
to reflect on one's past errors
to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has
to be anxious and worried / agitated / pensive
to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
one-sided lovesickness; unrequited longing
lovesickness
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
to be homesick
to miss / to long for
(idiom) looking pensive; thoughtfully
thinker
what one thinks / person or thing that is on one's mind
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
to remember one's parents / to feel homesick for one's relatives
think tank
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
(idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought
beautiful thoughts (in writing)
to ponder / to reckon / to turn sth over in one's mind
to reckon / to consider / to ponder / to estimate
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)
to reckon / to consider / to turn over in one's mind
to die / lit. to visit Marx / to pass away
to think critically / (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
to think through / to invest effort in thinking about / to consider thoroughly
Scarlett (name) / also written 斯嘉麗|斯嘉丽
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
Bosworth (name) / Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009
(idiom) carefree; untroubled
extensive and penetrating (idiom); expansive and profound (of writing)
to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom) / to ponder about a painful experience
state of mind
feudal way of thinking
to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts
the train of thought in writing
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder
Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
to do a little something as a token of one's appreciation / to express one's gratitude or esteem by treating sb to a meal or presenting a gift
to see profit and remember morality (idiom); to act ethically / not tempted by riches
to be upset or disturbed
variant of 思維|思维

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