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空想
kōng xiǎng
Pinyin
Definition
空想
-
kōng xiǎng
daydream
fantasy
to fantasize
Character Decomposition
空
穴
工
想
木
目
心
Related Words
(20)
想
xiǎng
1
to think
2
to believe
3
to suppose
4
to wish
5
to want
6
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
回想
huí xiǎng
1
to recall
2
to recollect
3
to think back
夜空
yè kōng
1
night sky
梦想
mèng xiǎng
1
(fig.) to dream of
2
dream
天空
tiān kōng
1
sky
幻想
huàn xiǎng
1
delusion
2
fantasy
心想
xīn xiǎng
1
to think to oneself
2
to think
3
to assume
思想
sī xiǎng
1
thought
2
thinking
3
idea
4
ideology
5
CL:個|个[gè]
想来
xiǎng lái
1
it may be assumed that
想像
xiǎng xiàng
1
to imagine
2
to conceive of
3
to visualize
4
imagination
想到
xiǎng dào
1
to think of
2
to call to mind
3
to anticipate
想家
xiǎng jiā
1
homesick
想念
xiǎng niàn
1
to miss
2
to remember with longing
3
to long to see again
想法
xiǎng fǎ
1
way of thinking
2
opinion
3
notion
4
to think of a way (to do sth)
5
CL:個|个[gè]
想要
xiǎng yào
1
to want to
2
to feel like
3
to fancy
4
to care for sb
5
desirous of
想见
xiǎng jiàn
1
to infer
2
to gather
想象
xiǎng xiàng
1
to imagine
2
to fancy
3
CL:個|个[gè]
想起
xiǎng qǐ
1
to recall
2
to think of
3
to call to mind
意想不到
yì xiǎng bù dào
1
unexpected
2
previously unimagined
抽空
chōu kòng
1
to find the time to do sth
Idioms
(20)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
1
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
2
the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
3
the place is deserted
4
the birds have flown
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
1
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
1
to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
2
to rack one's brains
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
1
damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
1
lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
2
fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
3
to want to have one's cake and eat it too
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
1
a common occurrence (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
1
lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2
fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3
(jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
4
(of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
1
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
2
this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
1
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2
fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
1
the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
1
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
2
(of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
3
unconstrained in style
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
1
to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
2
to ponder
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
1
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
2
to ponder over reasons and connection
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
1
to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
1
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
2
to try this, that and the other
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
1
fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
1
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
2
to rack one's brains
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
1
to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
海阔天空
hǎi kuò tiān kōng
1
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
2
the whole wide world
3
chatting about everything under the sun
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