发想
fā xiǎng
Pinyin

Definition

发想
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fā xiǎng
  1. to come up with an idea
  2. generation of ideas
  3. inspiration

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream
幻想
huàn xiǎng
  1. 1 delusion
  2. 2 fantasy
心想
xīn xiǎng
  1. 1 to think to oneself
  2. 2 to think
  3. 3 to assume
思想
sī xiǎng
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 thinking
  3. 3 idea
  4. 4 ideology
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
想到
xiǎng dào
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to call to mind
  3. 3 to anticipate
想念
xiǎng niàn
  1. 1 to miss
  2. 2 to remember with longing
  3. 3 to long to see again
想法
xiǎng fǎ
  1. 1 way of thinking
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 notion
  4. 4 to think of a way (to do sth)
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
想要
xiǎng yào
  1. 1 to want to
  2. 2 to feel like
  3. 3 to fancy
  4. 4 to care for sb
  5. 5 desirous of
想象
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to fancy
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
想起
xiǎng qǐ
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 to call to mind
理想
lǐ xiǎng
  1. 1 an ideal
  2. 2 a dream
  3. 3 ideal
  4. 4 perfect
不堪设想
bù kān shè xiǎng
  1. 1 too horrible to contemplate
  2. 2 unthinkable
  3. 3 inconceivable
不想
bù xiǎng
  1. 1 unexpectedly
休想
xiū xiǎng
  1. 1 don't think (that)
  2. 2 don't imagine (that)
假想
jiǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 imaginary
  2. 2 virtual
  3. 3 to imagine
  4. 4 hypothesis
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
冥想
míng xiǎng
  1. 1 to meditate
  2. 2 meditation
可想而知
kě xiǎng ér zhī
  1. 1 it is obvious that...
  2. 2 as one can well imagine...
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back

Idioms (13)

冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
  1. 1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
  2. 2 to ponder over reasons and connection
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
  1. 1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
  1. 1 to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
  2. 2 to try this, that and the other
朝思暮想
zhāo sī mù xiǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
痴心妄想
chī xīn wàng xiǎng
  1. 1 to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a delusion
  3. 3 wishful thinking
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu
  1. 1 lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to punch above one's weight
突发奇想
tū fā qí xiǎng
  1. 1 suddenly have a thought (idiom)
  2. 2 suddenly be inspired to do something
穷思苦想
qióng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to think hard (idiom)
  2. 2 to give sth much thought
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
苦思冥想
kǔ sī míng xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains

Sample Sentences

当然是讲真的，先不说接不接地气，创办人陆学森本来就是以“改变城市能源使用模式”作为发想，这才选中了“机车”作为第一个表现这种能源使用模式的产品，就像itune改变了人们取得版权音乐的管道，也改变了人们听音乐的模式一样！
dāngrán shì jiǎng zhēnde ，xiān bù shuō jiē bù jiēdèqì ，chuàngbàn rén Lù Xuésēn běnlái jiùshì yǐ “gǎibiàn chéngshì néngyuán shǐyòng móshì ”zuòwéi fāxiǎng ，zhè cái xuǎn zhòng le “jīchē ”zuòwéi dì yī ge biǎoxiàn zhèzhǒng néngyuán shǐyòng móshì de chǎnpǐn ，jiù xiàng itune gǎibiàn le rénmen qǔdé bǎnquán yīnyuè de guǎndào ，yě gǎibiàn le rénmen tīng yīnyuè de móshì yīyàng ！
Of course I'm being serious. Putting practicality aside for a minute, the founder, Horace Luke, was inspired to think of it when contemplating changing energy-use models in cities. It was only for that reason that he chose scooters as the first product to showcase this battery-swapping network. Just like iTunes changed the channel through which people obtained licensed music and changed the way people listened to music!
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