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 xiǎng to think / to believe / to suppose / to wish / to want / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
Results beginning with 想
 xiǎng dào to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate
 xiǎng yào to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of
 xiǎng fǎ way of thinking / opinion / notion / to think of a way (to do sth) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 xiǎng qǐ to recall / to think of / to call to mind
 xiǎng xiàng to imagine / to envision / imagination
 xiǎng xiang to have a think about it / recall...
 xiǎng xiàng to imagine / to envision / imagination
 xiǎng lái it may be assumed that
 xiǎng niàn to miss / to remember with longing / to long to see again
 xiǎng bì presumably / probably / in all likelihood / surely
 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
 xiǎng jiàn to infer / to gather
 xiǎng jiā homesick
 xiǎng shuì drowsy / sleepy
 xiǎng wàng to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire
 xiǎng tou (coll.) idea / hope
 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
 xiǎng tōng to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
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 xiǎng bu dào unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that
 xiǎng bàn fǎ to think of a method
 xiǎng qi lai to remember / to recall
 xiǎng xiàng lì imagination
 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand / unable to get over
 xiǎng xiàng lì conception / imagination
 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles
 xiǎng dāng rán to take sth as given / to make assumptions
 xiǎng dé měi in your dreams! / as if! / You wish! / I wish that were so
 xiǎng de kāi to not take to heart / to be free of worried thoughts / to adopt a lighthearted perspective / lighthearted
 xiǎng dǎo měi see 想得美[xiang3 de2 mei3]
 xiǎng xiǎng kàn to think about it
 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
 xiǎng rù fēi fēi to indulge in fantasy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
 xiǎng dāng rán ěr to take sth as given / to assume / as one would expect / naturally
 xiǎng dāng rán ěr variant of 想當然爾|想当然尔[xiang3 dang1 ran2 er3]
 xiǎng yě méi xiǎng without a second thought
Approximate Results for 想
 sī xiǎng thought / thinking / idea / ideology / CL:個|个[ge4]
 bù xiǎng unexpectedly
 lǐ xiǎng an ideal / a dream / ideal / perfect
 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of / dream
 lián xiǎng to associate (cognitively) / to make an associative connection / mental association / word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs
 huàn xiǎng delusion / fantasy
 xīn xiǎng to think to oneself / to think
 hěn xiǎng to miss sb / to very much want to
 shè xiǎng to imagine / to assume / to envisage / tentative plan / to have consideration for
 huí xiǎng to recall / to recollect / to think back
 cāi xiǎng to guess / to conjecture / to suppose / to suspect
 gǎn xiǎng impressions / reflections / thoughts / CL:通[tong4],個|个[ge4]
 suǒ xiǎng what one considers / one's thoughts
 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others) / to consider (other people's needs) / also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
 gòu xiǎng to conceive / concept
 shì xiǎng to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative &ndash / "Think about it: ...")
 wàng xiǎng to attempt vainly / a vain attempt / delusion
 xiá xiǎng reverie / daydream / to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
 àn xiǎng think to oneself
 xiū xiǎng don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)
 yù xiǎng to anticipate / to expect
 míng xiǎng to meditate / meditation
 chàng xiǎng to think freely / unfettered imagination
 liào xiǎng to expect / to presume / to think (sth is likely)
 kuáng xiǎng fantasy / illusion / vain dream
 jiǎ xiǎng imaginary / virtual / to imagine / hypothesis
 kōng xiǎng daydream / fantasy / to fantasize
 tuī xiǎng to reckon / to infer / to imagine
 yì xiǎng subjective idea
 mò xiǎng silent contemplation / to meditate / to think in silence
 guān xiǎng to visualize (Buddhist practice)
 fú xiǎng passing thought / an idea that comes into one's head / recollection
 chī xiǎng to daydream / wishful thinking / pipe dream
 zhuī xiǎng to recall
 chuǎi xiǎng to conjecture
 duàn xiǎng brief commentary
 fā xiǎng to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration
 hú xiǎng see 胡思亂想|胡思乱想[hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3]
 míng xiǎng to muse / to think deeply / contemplation / meditation
 qǐ xiǎng fantasies / imaginings
 qǐ xiǎng to expect anxiously
 shè xiǎng to imagine / to consider
 suí xiǎng random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings
 xiào xiǎng (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])
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 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect
 bù lǐ xiǎng not ideal
 sī xiǎng jiā thinker
 mèng xiǎng jiā dreamer / visionary
 sī xiǎng shǐ intellectual history
 lǐ xiǎng huà to idealize
 xīn sī xiǎng new ideas
 lǐ xiǎng guó ideal state / utopia
 wàng xiǎng zhèng delusional disorder / (fig.) paranoia
 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
 kě xiǎng xiàng conceivable
 kōng xiǎng jiā impractical dreamer
 kuáng xiǎng qǔ rhapsody (music)
 lián xiǎng qǐ to associate / to think of
 pín xiàn xiǎng (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])
 qǐ xiǎng qǔ capriccio (music)
 sī xiǎng kù think tank (committee set up to study a problem)
 suí xiǎng qǔ (music) capriccio
 wàng xiǎng kuáng paranoia / megalomaniac
 yì xiǎng zhèng mythomania
 yì xiǎn kuáng mythomaniac
 yì xiǎng bù dào unexpected / previously unimagined
 kě xiǎng ér zhī it is obvious that... / as one can well imagine...
 hú sī luàn xiǎng to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
 Zuì zhōng Huàn xiǎng Final Fantasy (video game)
 bù kān shè xiǎng too horrible to contemplate / unthinkable / inconceivable
 tǒng yī sī xiǎng with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose
 Lián xiǎng Jí tuán Lenovo Group (PRC computer firm)
 yì xiǎng tiān kāi to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy
 zhèng zhì sī xiǎng political thought / ideology
 xīn xiǎng shì chéng to have one's wishes come true / wish you the best!
 lǐ xiǎng zhǔ yì idealism
 zhāo sī mù xiǎng to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
 fú xiǎng lián piān to let one's imagination roam
 Rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school
 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking
 míng sī kǔ xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains
 kǔ sī míng xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains
 sī xiǎng tǐ xì system of thought / ideology
 sī qián xiǎng hòu to consider past cause and future effect (idiom) / to think over the past and future / to ponder over reasons and connection
 zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng to turn over in one's mind (idiom) / to think through from different angles / to ponder
线  baseline scenario
  general concept of operations / concept of operations
 chū bù shè xiǎng tentative idea
 duì bǐ lián xiǎng word association / association of ideas
 fēng jiàn sī xiǎng feudal way of thinking
 fù yú xiǎng xiàng imaginative
 kē xué huàn xiǎng science fiction
 lián xiǎng xué xí associative learning
 qióng sī kǔ xiǎng to think hard (idiom) / to give sth much thought
 qí sī miào xiǎng an unconventional but wonderful idea
 shè xiǎng gòng cún Imagine Coexistence
 sī xiǎng bāo fu sth weighing on one's mind
 sī xiǎng jiāo liú exchange of ideas
 sī xiǎng sù zhì quality of thought (in ideological education)
 sī xiǎng wán dùn blunt thinking / apathy
 sī xiǎng yì shí consciousness
 tū fā qí xiǎng suddenly have a thought (idiom) / suddenly be inspired to do something
 yǒu rén xiǎng nǐ Bless you! (after a sneeze)
 yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng lofty ideal
 Zhǔ tǐ Sī xiǎng Juche Idea (North Korean ideology of political, economic and military independence)
 Máo Zé dōng Sī xiǎng Mao Zedong Thought / Maoism
  desired family size
  Factor Ten Scenario
  Factor Four Scenario
  World Thinking Day
 bèi ài wàng xiǎng zhèng erotomania
 yǒu rén zài xiǎng nǐ Bless you! (after a sneeze)
 kōng xiǎng shè huì zhǔ yì utopian socialism
  Fisher's ideal index
  unwanted child
怀  unwanted pregnancy
  Emerging New Social Thought
  general concept of operations / concept of operations
 bèi pò hài wàng xiǎng zhèng delusion of persecution
 Gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
  paranoia
 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
  African Health Development Scenario
  results-oriented mentality
  Be Active, Be Emancipated
  Groupe de réflexion politique et sociale
  Picture a Drug-free World
  From the Stereotypes of War to the Ideals of Peace
 yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng 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
  South Pacific Forum Vision Statement
  United Nations Joint Logistics Centre Concept / UNJLC Concept
 tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games
  do nothing scenario
  World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision
  Groupe de réflexion et d'action pour la défense de la démocratie républicaine
  International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
  Conference on Ideas of Tolerance in Central Asia and Early Prevention of Conflicts
  Imagine a day in which all girls have their rights
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