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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
thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to reflect on / to ponder over
HSK 4
interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun
HSK 2
(line of) thought / thinking
HSK 5
to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
HSK 7-9
to think back over sth / to review / to revisit / to rethink / reflection / reassessment
HSK 7-9
to ponder / to consider
HSK 7-9
line of thought; way of thinking
HSK 7-9
(idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought
Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire
(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
HSK 7-9
to think of / to long for / to miss
HSK 7-9
mind map
Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
HSK 7-9
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
HSK 7-9
to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation
HSK 7-9
to think deeply / to ponder
HSK 7-9
feudal way of thinking
to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
boring / of no interest
HSK 7-9
unimaginable / outrageous / freakish
wonderful / great / delightful / very kind / generous
to put oneself in sb else’s shoes
small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
system of thought / ideology
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
train of thought / emotional state / mood / feeling
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
one-sided lovesickness; unrequited longing
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to think / to consider
imaginative power / creativeness
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has
new ideas
to think sth through / to consider carefully
think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
quick-witted / agile of mind
Mao Zedong Thought
ideological and political education (abbr. for 思想政治教育) (state-directed education in China aimed at promoting Marxism, patriotism and socialist values, particularly in schools and universities – also, more broadly, ideological guidance in workplaces, media and public discourse)
to ponder / to reckon / to turn sth over in one's mind
to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
HSK 7-9
intellectual history
scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
Marxism
mature reflection / after careful deliberations
to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
fixed mindset (as opposed to growth mindset)
tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist
to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
think tank
Cisco Systems Company
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚 / also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基
with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose
Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
to miss / to long for
thinker
to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
deliberation
sth weighing on one's mind
mind / thoughts / inclination / mood
HSK 7-9
an unconventional but wonderful idea
exchange of ideas
abstract thought / logical thinking
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维)
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains
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
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
to be anxious and worried / agitated / pensive
state of mind
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism
consciousness
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
to think critically / (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
to reckon / to consider / to turn over in one's mind
political thought / ideology
(idiom) carefree; untroubled
to fancy from afar / reverie / wild and fanciful thoughts
to rack one's brains / to think hard
beautiful thoughts (in writing)
as the name implies
Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions
to consider / to turn over in one's mind
Sauvignon blanc (grape type)
innovative thinking / ingenuity
Siming, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市|厦门市, Fujian
to see profit and remember morality (idiom); to act ethically / not tempted by riches
Marxism-Leninism
to be homesick
(idiom) to fondly remember a person on seeing sth one associates with them
to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through
think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully

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