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thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect
HSK 2
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  *想* | 想* | *想
to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) / to desire; to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
HSK 1
to imagine / to assume / to envisage / tentative plan / to have consideration for
HSK 5
to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
HSK 5
to recall / to recollect / to think back
HSK 7-9
to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
HSK 7-9
(fig.) to dream of / dream
HSK 4
unexpectedly; to one's surprise
don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)
HSK 7-9
impressions / reflections / thoughts / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
to fantasize; to imagine / an illusion; a fantasy
HSK 6
to attempt vainly / a vain attempt / delusion
HSK 7-9
daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
HSK 7-9
the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
HSK 7-9
feudal way of thinking
(Tw) to dream of having (sth one cannot possibly have); to covet (sth beyond one's grasp) (from Taiwanese 數想, Tai-lo pr. [siàu-siūnn])
to guess; to conjecture; to suppose / (math.) hypothesis
HSK 7-9
to expect / to presume / to think (sth is likely)
too horrible to contemplate / unthinkable / inconceivable
to meditate / meditation
to think to oneself; to think
new ideas
Mao Zedong Thought
Lenovo
imaginary / virtual / to imagine / hypothesis
(psychology) contrastive association
Final Fantasy (video game)
tentative idea
sexual fantasy / to fantasize sexually about (sb)
fantasies / imaginings
silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence
with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose
Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking
an unconventional but wonderful idea
science fiction
suddenly have a thought (idiom) / suddenly be inspired to do something
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard / to rack one's brains
to conceive / concept
HSK 7-9
political thought / ideology
to recall
subjective idea
passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection
to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
to expect anxiously
to think about (the distant past or future)
random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings
lofty ideal
without a second thought
to reckon / to infer / to imagine
to imagine / to consider
fantasy / illusion / vain dream
to think hard (idiom) / to give sth much thought
to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of / aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake; memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
to muse / to think deeply / contemplation / meditation
to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream
to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration
(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains
to anticipate; to expect
to think imaginatively; to envision freely
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder
think to oneself
reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
to conjecture
(often used in the negative) to anticipate; to expect; to think that sth would happen
brief commentary
(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination / (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy / the rich live in another world / (abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力)
to visualize (Buddhist practice)


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