ChinesePod

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

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

Sample Sentences

我了解，看来您对保护动物这件事，没有什么因为误解而来的浪漫幻想，那我请周三的志工尽快跟您联络，很期待见到您。

wǒ liǎojiě ，kànlai nín duì bǎohù dòngwù zhè jiàn shì ，méiyǒu shénme yīnwèi wùjiě ér lái de làngmàn huànxiǎng ，nà wǒ qǐng zhōusān de zhìgōng jǐnkuài gēn nín liánluò ，hěn qīdài jiàndào nín 。

I understand. It sounds like you don't foster any romantic illusions spawned by misapprehensions about animal protection. I'll get Wednesday's volunteers to get into contact with you as soon as possible. I'm looking forward to meeting you.

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你们还不是一天到晚幻想女生都要像林志玲，没有啦，只有我这种说不上美如天仙，但至少不太抱歉的可爱女孩！

nǐmen háibùshì yītiāndàowǎn huànxiǎng nǚshēng dōuyào xiàng Lín Zhìlíng ，méiyǒu la ，zhǐyǒu wǒ zhèzhǒng shuō bu shàng měi rú tiānxiān ，dàn zhìshǎo bùtài bàoqiàn de kě ài nǚhái ！

Aren't you guys always fantasizing that all girls are like Lin Zhiling from morning to night. They aren't, there are only girls like me that aren't angelic beauties, but at least are cute and aren't really unfortunate looking!

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我们小时候看的都是《机器猫》、《圣斗士星矢》、《七龙珠》什么的，最近的这些新潮玩意儿我就知道一个《最终幻想》，可比不上你们这些动漫粉丝。要不我给你查查我的销售记录。这个叫什么《阿基拉》的是不是你要找的啊？反正也是日本的。

wǒmen xiǎo shíhou kàn de dōu shì 《 Jīqìmāo 》、《 Shèngdòushìxīngshǐ 》、《 Qīlóngzhū 》 shénme de ，zuìjìn de zhèxiē xīncháo wányìr wǒ jiù zhīdào yī ge 《 Zuìzhōnghuànxiǎng 》，kě bǐbushàng nǐmen zhèxiē dòngmàn fěnsī 。yàobu wǒ gěi nǐ chá cha wǒ de xiāoshòu jìlù 。zhè ge jiào shénme 《 Ājīlā 》 de shì bu shì nǐ yào zhǎo de a ？fǎnzhèng yě shì Rìběn de 。

When we were young, we watched stuff like ``Doraemon," ``Saint Seiya" and ``Dragonball." As for these new-fangled shows, I only know ``Final Fantasy." There's no way I can compare to you anime fans! How about have a look through my sales records for you? This, uh, ``A-ji-la" -- are you looking for this one? It's Japanese, anyway.

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