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- 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)
Trad. 聯想
- to associate (cognitively)
- to make an associative connection
- mental association
- word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
- (often used in the negative) to anticipate; to expect; to think that sth would happen
Trad. 試想
- to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
Trad. 設想
- to imagine
- to assume
- to envisage
- tentative plan
- to have consideration for
- to figure out
- to work out (a solution etc)
- to think up
- to come up with (an idea etc)
- to figure out
- to realize
- to become convinced
- to come round (to an idea)
- to get over it
Trad. 想開
- to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)
- to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things
- to accept the situation and move on
- (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 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)
Trad. 著想
- to give thought (to others)
- to consider (other people's needs)
- also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
Trad. 貧限想
- (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[pin2 qiong2 xian4 zhi4 le5 wo3 de5 xiang3 xiang4 li4])
- unexpected
- hard to imagine
- it had not occurred to me
- who could have thought that
Trad. 想不開
- cannot figure out
- to be unable to take a lighter view
- to take things too hard
- to be depressed
- to fret over trifles
- to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation; (as an interjection) what a dreamer!
Trad. 想得開
- to not take to heart
- to be free of worried thoughts
- to adopt a lighthearted perspective
- lighthearted
Trad. 構想圖
- notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
Trad. 假想敵
- opposing force (in war games); hypothetical enemy (in strategic studies)
Trad. 念想兒
- (coll.) keepsake; memento
- (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
Trad. 聯想集團
- Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm)
- (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
Trad. 不堪設想
- too horrible to contemplate
- unthinkable
- inconceivable
Trad. 突發奇想
- suddenly have a thought (idiom)
- suddenly be inspired to do something
Trad. 思前想後
- to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
- to ponder over reasons and connection
- (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
Trad. 胡思亂想
- to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
- to let one's imagination run wild
- to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
- to ponder
Trad. 對比聯想
- (psychology) contrastive association
Trad. 異想天開
- (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
- to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
Trad. 想方設法
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
- to try this, that and the other
- to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
- to rack one's brains
Trad. 想當然爾
- to take sth as given
- to assume
- as one would expect
- naturally
Trad. 想當然耳
- variant of 想當然爾|想当然尔[xiang3 dang1 ran2 er3]
Trad. 主體思想
- Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
Trad. 窮思苦想
- to think hard (idiom)
- to give sth much thought
- to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom)
- to labor under a delusion
- wishful thinking
Trad. 統一思想
- with the same idea in mind
- with a common purpose
- (idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains
Trad. 毛澤東思想
- Mao Zedong Thought
- the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
Trad. 空想社會主義
- utopian socialism
Trad. 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉
- lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
- fig. to try to punch above one's weight
Trad. 又想當婊子又想立牌坊
- lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- to want to have one's cake and eat it too